Eskom CEO says he briefed South African president on power crisis
Eskom has implemented the worst power cuts the country has seen in more than two years this week. It has blamed the outages on striking workers hampering efforts to bring faulty generation units back online.
"We fully briefed the president on the situation. ... We discussed a number of potential options," de Ruyter told a news conference, refusing to divulge what was discussed.Ramaphosa's government has been trying to reform Eskom to make it more efficient, but progress has been slow.Reporting by Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru Editing by Alexander Winning
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