De Ruyter explains why he quit Eskom
Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said that micro-management by public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and overreach by the power utility’s newly-appointed board had played roles in his decision to leave the company.of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 26 April 2023.
He explained that Gordhan would look for highly specific details about Eskom’s operations, including data about individual power station units. The board was appointed in September 2022 and tasked to increase the utility’s energy availability factor to 75%, which some experts believed was setting it up for failure.
“It certainly made my life quite challenging. Meetings were held with subordinates of mine without my knowledge, and instructions were given [to them],” De Ruyter said.
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