Busisiwe Mavuso

Eskom board member Busi Mavuso didn't mince her words, telling SCOPA the utility's problems should be attributed to the ANC-led government.

“Because the reality of the matter is that this is not our mess. Energy experts have said that Eskom is in a state of crisis, as evidenced by the fact that the parastatal can’t even keep the lights on, having implemented load shedding for close to two weeks now. It all started when Eskom board member Busisiwe Mavuso told SCOPA Chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa that the ANC-led government was to blame for the fiasco at the embattled power utility

Eskom board member Busisiwe Mavuso excused herself after she had a heated interaction with the chairperson of parliament's standing committee on public ...

I am suppressing this matter now,” Hlengwa said. I just won’t stand for it. Hlengwa was not happy with this response, telling Mavuso that Scopa had a “decent” interaction with the Eskom board chairperson over the past two days and that she had a common courtesy to accompany the committee and attend all the meetings.

Eskom board member Busisiwe Mavuso was asked to leave a meeting with Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Friday after blaming the ANC-led ...

Today's SCOPA Parliamentary meeting was for the #EskomBoard and Eskom Executives to account. "... Because the reality of the matter is that this is not our mess. The country has experienced Stage 4 load shedding this week following unplanned breakdowns at various power plants. "… That is what cameras do. Eskom board member Busisiwe Mavuso was asked to leave a meeting with Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) after saying the board and CEO André de Ruyter would not be the "fall guy" for the ANC-led government. In turn, ANC MP Bheki Hadebe chipped in to ask her what the facts were. Hlengwa then suggested that Mavuso was performing for cameras. In a tweet, Hlengwa, who is an MP for the Inkatha Freedom Party, countered that the " ANC mess is not in dispute", but that Mavuso as an Eskom board member "must account for the institution the ANC has deployed her to". "... What we will not accept and what we will not agree to, in spite of all the challenges we are facing as an organisation and all the efforts that have been put in place, is to have this board and André [de Ruyter] as the fall guy for the mess that this organisation is currently experiencing," Mavuso said. Eskom board member Busisiwe Mavuso:"What we will not agree to, in spite of the challenges we are facing as an organisation ... is to have this board and Andre as the fall guy for the mess that this organisation is currently experiencing." in a statement, the ministry of public enterprises called her comments "regrettable" and her conduct "unbecoming" as a board member of Eskom. - The ministry of public enterprises called her comments "regrettable" and her conduct "unbecoming" as a board member of Eskom.

Reports say she left the meeting after expressing concerns that Eskom management was being blamed for the political interference by the governing ANC that led ...

He says, “Eskom expects to return to service nine generation units during the weekend. The power utility said in a statement that it should return a number of power stations to service at the weekend, including Arnot and Majuba. Public Enterprises says in a statement that it is unfortunate that Mavuso brought party political issues into the oversight meeting and it is giving the matter serious consideration.

Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa has defended himself after Eskom board member Busisiwe Mavuso left the meeting after exchanges, but Cope has come out in ...

It was also wrong to ask Mavuso to excuse herself from the meeting,” said Bloem. “Today’s Scopa Parliamentary meeting was for the #Eskom Board and Eskom executives to account. We have been brought in to clean it up, but we are not going to be the fall guy for the R300 and whatever billion of Medupi and Kusile that have still not been completed, doing our best and try finalise those projects.

Eskom board member and head of Business Leadership SA Busisiwe Mavuso is unrepentant after being asked to leave a meeting of Parliament's Standing Committee ...

Eskom board member and Business Leadership SA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso walked out of the Scopa oversight meeting with Eskom after she lambasted MPs for ANC ...

We have been brought in to clean up the mess, but we won’t be the fall guy for the R300 billion for the Medupi and Kusile that is still not completed. Everything else, honestly, we cannot be the fall guy for this ANC-led government,” she said. ““The reality of the matter is that this is not our mess.

The ANC study group on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts has condemned the conduct of Eskom board member Busisiwe Mavuso, saying her behaviour was ...

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