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TimesLive reports that the ANC leadership in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and in Limpopo has called for President Cyril Ramaphosa to fire Eskom CEO André de Ruyter.
The party’s KZN secretary Bheki Mtolo and Limpopo secretary Reuben Madadzhe said during a briefing to discuss Eskom’s load-shedding that they had collectively agreed De Ruyter should be fired for his “dismal performance” as CEO of the embattled power utility. The country has experienced continuous power cuts for months, which Eskom has blamed on a shortage of generation capacity and breakdowns at power stations. While Mtolo welcomed the appointment of a new Eskom board last month, he blamed De Ruyter for Eskom’s generation capacity challenges and breakdowns. “The new board will fail because they have someone who doesn’t know what he is doing at Eskom. The problem is André de Ruyter. They should have fired him. Once they fire De Ruyter, get someone who knows how to run this thing and deal with the three major factors that affect their system. Then we will have no problem,” said Mtolo. On Thursday, deputy president David Mabuza told the National Council of Provinces that the newly appointed Eskom board must assess the situation and place De Ruyter and his executive team on performance reviews. Then, should they feel he should be dismissed, it was their right to show him the door.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Unathi Nkanjeni at BusinessLive
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