Eskom finances to take another knock in 2021 – De Ruyter
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says he doesn’t believe there is any political interference behind the scenes at the power utility.
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Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter says he doesn’t believe there is any political interference behind the scenes at the power utility.
Image: iStock A dispute between three board members about grant money and donations worth over a million rands led to the fall of a South African public participation platform. On Monday, the face of the company, managing director Rob Hutchinson of DearSA, was removed by his two non-executive board members, Sandra Dickson and Ted Blom, following fraud claims. This week, Blom and Dickson said in a joint statement all DearSA campaigns were under scrutiny. They have also dissociated themselves from any fundraising efforts. Blom ...
With rolling blackouts and poor performance, Ramaphosa felt compelled to address the issue of Eskom during SONA 2021 but will plans be executed?
DearSA removes director Rob Hutchinson over alleged financial irregularities By Lisa Isaacs Share Cape Town â The battle for control over popular public participation platform DearSA rages on, with the campaignâs board resolving to remove Rob Hutchinson as a director, alleging financial irregularities. In a statement this week, directors Sandra Dickson, Ted Blom and Mike Heyns said they had with immediate effect dissociated themselves from any activity by Hutchinson on behalf of the non-profit company (NPC) as well as the dearsouthafrica.co.za website. âThis is a direct result ...
Stage 3 load shedding to be implemented on Wednesday 10 February From bad to worse we go. While much of Mzansi experienced Stage 2 load shedding on Tuesday, Eskom has just cranked it up to Stage 3 on Wednesday. “We are experiencing technical difficulties with our push notification system, which is currently delivering some unscheduled ‘older articles’ . We apologise for this inconvenience. In the meantime, you can catch the latest news developments here.” Bad news Mzansi, we are in for more load shedding and not Stage 2 this time — Stage 3! Embattled power utlity Eskom said it woul...