Jan Oberholzer

Former CEO will depart the utility at the end of the month

Sources say the board will wait until the investigation is completed before making a decision

The parliamentary committee will also call Business Unity South Africa’s head to talk about the intelligence probe the former chief executive initiated

The former chief operating officer will advise the board and ministers and focus on projects intended to deal with load-shedding

The search is still on for a replacement for outgoing CEO Andre de Ruyter, board member Mteto Nyati says.

An extraordinary low-voltage power supply in the Coligny area caused the deaths of Herman du Preez’ broiler chickens from suffocation

The embattled utility said a breakdown of generation capacity, lack of diesel and low storage dam levels had resulted in stage 4

Eskom’s Jan Oberholzer says South Africans should to prepare for more power cuts over the next year

Five generators at five power stations had broken down overnight, according to the utility

Eskom’s blame game falls flat when one looks at the facts and figures behind the utility’s failure

Union questions the utility’s decision to stall maintenance at the nuclear power plant

Board and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan to approach independent power producers to procure 1 000 megawatts urgently

The power utility has spent R7.7-billion in the first six months of this year, which is the budget for a whole year

The completion of maintenance to a unit at the nuclear plant will add 920 megawatts to the grid

The power utility’s board and management need reinforcements to ready it for the future, the public enterprises minister said