Jabu Mabuza
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Obituary: Jabu Mabuza was so much more than a ‘taxi driver’ at Eskom
The businessman, who died suddenly this week, leaves a long legacy of highly successful ventures
Koko maintains he had no idea he was exchanging emails with a man likely to be Salim Essa
On his fourth appearance before the commission, the former Eskom CEO maintains he was tricked into sharing company information with a third party
Apology
On 31 July 2020, the Mail & Guardian published an article with the headline “Eskom cancels dodgy R100m tender”. The headline was false and no contract was ever cancelled between…
Partner row hits Mabuza Eskom deal
A falling out between partners in the controversial R100-million contract to do boiler tube maintenance at Eskom’s Medupi power station is threatening to scupper the entire…
A Sona to reflect troubled times
Ramaphosa and his role model Nelson Mandela became presidents of South Africa in very trying times
In his Sona speech, Ramaphosa must tread the line between promises and reality
South Africa has a slew of service-delivery problems, most notably in the water and electricity sectors. The time for promises is over: what the country needs is action
Mabuza contract grows by R10m
Eskom’s negotiators in a R100-million maintenance contract came back with a proposal to push up the costs
Mabuza’s ‘distant relative’ scored big
Eskom’s woes are often because of boiler problems at its power plants. R50-billion has been set aside to fix them, but some of the contracts are going to questionable entities
We are worried about load-shedding — Mogajane
Treasury director general says the power utility needs to be fixed urgently
Sparks fly as labour takes on Eskom
Trade unions disagree with key policy decisions, and won’t budge even as the state-owned power utility’s dire finances threaten the economy
Is South Africa spiralling into the ambit of the IMF?
Eskom has the whole economy in a death spiral
Eskom needs ‘fire and thunder’
The appointment of a chief restructuring officer is a positive step, but it is not a silver bullet for the power utility’s debt burden
Eskom gets a chief restructuring office amid devastating finance results
SAICA CEO Freeman Nomvalo will head up team to help Eksom reorganise its operational and funding structures
Gordhan appoints Eskom chair, Jabu Mabuza, acting chief executive
The decision comes a day ahead of Eskom’s financial results announcement, which is expected to reveal record-breaking losses
Hadebe resigns from Eskom citing ill health
Phakamani Hadebe is the latest in a series of leaders for the embattled utility, and will bow out at the end of July