Andre de Ruyter resigned as Eskom CEO on Wednesday amid the country's worsening power crisis.
JOHANNESBURG - Metalworkers union Numsa said that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan must take his cue from Andre de Ruyter and also resign.Numsa said that it was overjoyed by this but claims that other executives and top government officials must also take responsibility for the failure to resolve the rolling blackouts.
The trade union federation said that it expects the new CEO to open a forensic audit to reveal how the power utility collapsed further in three years. "Mr De Ruyter is not good enough. We need answers from the relevant political principals. If this problem is not handled diligently, it has the potential to mutate from an energy crisis into a political crisis. This is not surprising considering that Eskom, under the leadership of Mr De Ruyter, has performed at its worst."
"He initially started off making the right noises, then shortly after that he abandoned the refurbishment of the old power stations. He spent R82 billion on pre-paying debt, which could have been used on the refurbishment exercise and shows to me that he was way out of his depth."
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