Cape Town – Eskom’s new board chairperson, Mteto Nyati, has provided an update on the positive changes taking place at the power utility’s stations under new leadership.
The board has been in place for a year, and Nyati assured Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) that a new CEO would be appointed by the end of the year, EWN reported.
He was appeared for the first time before Scopa on Tuesday.
Eskom’s Chairperson Mteto Nyati says the process to appoint a new Eskom CEO is under way. #MorningLive #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/YoZz6pZtDQ
— MorningLiveSABC (@MorningLiveSABC) November 6, 2023
Nearly a year has passed since the former Eskom CEO, Andre de Ruyter, tendered his resignation with a three-month notice period.
“Recently, we as a board submitted three names of appointable candidates to our minister here, Pravin Gordhan. He is now taking these names through the relevant government processes,” the report quoted Nyati as saying.
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