This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
ANA reports that the final Cabinet meeting of 2019 mandated Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to negotiate with Andre de Ruyter to take up his duties as the new Eskom CEO earlier than the set date.
De Ruyter, currently CEO of Nampak, is set to take up the Eskom top job on 15 January. Minister in the Presidency, Jackson Mthembu, on Tuesday briefed journalists on the outcomes of the Cabinet meeting held on 13 December. He said that Cabinet fully supported all efforts meant to ensure electricity supply and went on to indicate: "Mr De Ruyter together with his management team will immediately deal with the concerning issues of governance, lack of financial management, as well as stabilise the operations at Eskom. This includes dealing with the huge backlog of maintenance of the ageing fleet of their power stations and the structural defects in Medupi and Kusile power stations." Mthembu also announced that Deputy President David Mabuza would convene a resuscitated energy war room comprising Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe and Gordhan.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at Engineering News
Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page