Eskom has announced the appointment of a new board to head up its transmission subsidiary as part of the ongoing unbundling process. The new structure will separate Eskom into three divisions.
There have been a couple of developments coming out of the Eskom stable that we’ve kept an eye on throughout the last couple of weeks and months. The latest among them was that announcement around the new board that’s been put in place to head up the transmission subsidiary . That subsidiary, that business, would be as a result of the unbundling that Eskom is undergoing at the moment to separate into three divisions.
We’re going to be taking a look at that and a couple of other developments from Eskom. To do that, I’m joined on the line by the Eskom chairman, Dr Mteto Nyati. Good evening, sir. Thanks so much for taking the time. Let’s perhaps start with the new board appointments and the structure that then puts in place for Esko
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