Explosive revelations about South Africa's power utility: why new electricity minister should heed the words of former Eskom CEO

By David Richard Walwyn, Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria

A month ago South Africans heard some hard truths about the state of the power utility, Eskom, from the outgoing CEO André de Ruyter. In an interview broadcast on television, De Ruyter made accusations about the role of criminal gangs as well as politicians in corruption that’s crippled the utility. The interview triggered his immediate departure – he was due to leave…

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