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News24 understands that he notified board chairperson Mpho Makwana of his decision earlier in the week. Makwana has also informed Public Enterprises Minister ...

[actively agitating for the overthrow of the state](https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/mantashe-eskom-agitates-for-overthrow-of-the-state-by-not-dealing-with-load-shedding-20221208)". Jan Oberholzer, De Ruyter’s number two and the chief operating officer, will also retire in April 2023. The government has, however, dragged its feet to install additional generation capacity. They also did not offer [support to De Ruyter and his management.](https://www.news24.com/fin24/economy/business-shows-support-for-eskom-leadership-amid-load-shedding-crisis-20221209) Eskom has repeatedly said that the dire state of its aging coal fleet means that breakdowns will increase, and that maintenance cannot be postponed. - The chairperson of the Eskom board has already been informed of André de Ruyter's decision.

De Ruyter's resignation comes at a time when South Africans are moving between Stage 5 and Stage 6 power cuts.

"We've never seen these levels of load shedding and I know that people will say it's a history. ND' EWN Reporter (@ewnreporter) EWN understands that a statement will be issued soon.

Andre de Ruyter has faced criticism, including from Energy Minister Gwede Manashe, for the country's worst power blackouts since 2008.

Eskom said it was inaccurate to claim that it had delayed the vetting process of its executives. There is no understanding on how things are going because De Ruyter showed he was unable to do this job early but he is still here,” the source said. “Nersa needs to define the efficient cost [of producing electricity] and what it would allow to be recovered by the consumer.” “Eskom’s submissions were received in September and there was a lot of guidance needed on how to proceed. I don’t think anyone could sort the problems,” he said, adding he believed a lot of people will leave Eskom, “people who believed in him”. “So he basically threw down the gauntlet a couple of months ago and the challenge hasn’t been accepted.

Former Eskom acting chief executive Matshela Koko said now that Eskom CEO André De Ruyter has resigned, the power utility will be able to stop load shedding ...

At least listen to him because he is one engineer who has been consistent on this,” he said. Instead, it is led by politicians and accountants and they are trying to understand the logic of Eskom.” “Eskom is an engineering-cum-economic behemoth. “Well, it is stage 5 load shedding till further notice, with two days to go to Conference, and Eskom is not even giving updates.” [ CEO Andre De Ruyter has resigned](https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/eskom-ceo-andre-de-ruyter-has-resigned-a6834bcf-3ea8-4426-9ef3-ac527cb1096e), the power utility will be able to stop load shedding in the next six to 12 months. [Incredibly ridiculous: Replace Andre de Ruyter with an engineer, insists former statistician-general Pali Lehohla](/news/south-africa/incredibly-ridiculous-replace-andre-de-ruyter-with-an-engineer-insists-former-statistician-general-pali-lehohla-45cb7314-2728-4b22-b32a-3b27785c4eb9) [JUST IN: Former Eskom boss Matshela Koko, his wife Mosima and stepdaughter arrested for corruption](/news/crime-and-courts/former-eskom-boss-matshela-koko-his-wife-mosima-and-stepdaughter-arrested-for-corruption-2d040624-6dd8-47d4-9810-3f816ace7015) [Let Matshela Koko run Eskom, says former statistician general Pali Lehohla](/news/south-africa/let-matshela-koko-run-eskom-says-former-statistician-general-pali-lehohla-b85a0336-d5c4-4295-a42a-a5d38b3561e3) [Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter has resigned](/news/south-africa/eskom-ceo-andre-de-ruyter-has-resigned-a6834bcf-3ea8-4426-9ef3-ac527cb1096e)

South African state power utility Eskom's CEO André de Ruyter has resigned, the company said on Wednesday, marking the 11th boss to have left the company in ...

The utility ramped up scheduled power cuts a week ago to "Stage 6", repeating the worst outage level on record. He had also spent more than 20 years with petrochemicals group Sasol [(SOLJ.J)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/SOLJ.J) in several senior roles. Stage 6 power cuts require up to 6,000 megawatts to be shed from the national grid and mean at least six hours a day without power for most South Africans. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story [(NEDJ.J)](https://www.reuters.com/companies/NEDJ.J) board. JOHANNESBURG, Dec 14 (Reuters) - South African state power utility Eskom's CEO André de Ruyter has resigned, the company said on Wednesday, marking the 11th boss to have left the company in just over a decade.

This came hours after Eskom chief executive officer André de Ruyter resigned from the state-owned entity.

Loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 4 from 05:00 on Thursday morning until 05:00 on Sunday morning The power utility said Stage 4 would be implemented from 5am on Thursday until 5am on Sunday. Eskom eases load shedding to Stage 4 from Thursday until Sunday

A unit at Eskom's Matla power station in Mpumalanga suffered a fire incident on Wednesday afternoon as a result of a fuel oil leak. RiotAndAttackSA.

According to sources at the power utility, spilled fuel oil ignited and started a fire at the power station's unit 6 boiler, resulting in damage to electrical cables at the 3 600MW plant. The fuel oil was isolated and a fire team extinguished the fire. A unit at Eskom's Matla power station in Mpumalanga suffered a fire incident on Wednesday afternoon as a result of a fuel oil leak.

“Since Tuesday morning, a unit each at Camden, Kriel, Majuba, Matla and Duvha power stations were taken offline for repairs and planned maintenance,” stated ...

[stage 5 load-shedding](https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/473549-eskom-implements-stage-5-indefinitely.html) “until further notice”. [stage 2 by Sunday](https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/473499-good-news-for-eskom-load-shedding.html). [to stage 6](https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/473037-eskom-power-cuts-hits-stage-6.html). [it would not exceed stage 6 load-shedding](https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/473137-eskom-updates-load-shedding-timetable-promises-to-not-go-over-stage-6.html). [escalated load-shedding to stage 4](https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/472951-eskom-hikes-load-shedding-stage.html) at short notice after informing the public that it hoped to reduce power cuts to a constant stage 2. - Stage 4 — Thursday, 15 December (05:00) to Sunday, 18 December (05:00)

Andre de Ruyter quit as chief executive officer of Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., leaving the South African state power utility facing a potential leadership ...

Organised business and economists reacted with alarm to news that Eskom CEO André de Ruyter had resigned, describing it as a blow to the energy utility's ...

It is difficult to judge anything through Eskom bonds because they don’t trade." The tolerance for escalating load shedding in recent months arose from a belief that there was some leadership at Eskom who had the intent to make decisions and set the ship right. "He should have resigned a long time ago because he just did not know what to do. All of that just adds to the timing of how quickly you can resolve these issues." Yields on the company’s dollar debt due 2025 climbed 7 basis points to 11.4%. I think André de Ruyter has demonstrated that he is able to get up to speed with the complexity and understand the issue and contribute to the solution." "This is deeply disappointing for our economy and for us all as citizens. That is always a question you ask when a senior individual leaves. Even with the best intentions toward the nation, why would a rational manager stay under such circumstances? Futuregrowth is one of the largest fixed interest asset managers in South Africa with about R190 billion under management. De Ruyter’s resignation follows a spate of public attacks led by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. Are you going to see other people follow and are you going to see a big shakeout of the top leadership?

"Since Tuesday morning, a unit each at Camden, Kriel, Majuba, Matla and Duvha power stations were taken offline for repairs and planned maintenance. In addition ...

"A generating unit each at Grootvlei, Camden, Kriel, Majuba [power](/topic/power) stations returned to [service](/topic/service)." In addition, the delay in returning to [service](/topic/service) a generating unit each at Arnot, Duvha and Hendrina [power](/topic/power) stations has contributed to the capacity constraints," a spokesperson said. It added that Stage 3 load shedding would be implemented on Sunday.

André de Ruyter has resigned as the group chief executive of Eskom as load shedding continues to grip the country. Follow News24 for the latest news, ...

- Kyle Cowan The last minute delay to the start of the briefing, meant to start at 13:00 and now pushed by 30 minutes, and the removal of Gordhan and De Ruyter's name cards from the table may indicate some last-minute negotiations. It appears that De Ruyter is not even out of the door yet but we have returned to the days of his predecessors, where briefings started late, and there was a general distrust and often, disdain, for the media. Makwana is now talking in Trumpian terms about "LEGA" - Let's make Eskom great again. The media present is a bit shocked that the entire briefing is being held online on a projector in the room. This is dangerous thinking - there is no short-term solution that does not make Eskom's performance over the longer term more tenuous. Makwana says he accepted the resignation, and De Ruyter "allowed" him to "embark on a consultative process". He is not in the room with the media. He starts with an undertaking that the fight against organised corruption and crime in Mpumalanga, will not be affected by De Ruyter's departure. He is of course, a minister in government with the way to ensure his colleague, energy minister Gwede Mantashe, does exactly that. The honest people in Eskom now need to stand up and take the fight to the corrupt so that Eskom returns to its prideful place among SOEs. Makwana is the board chairperson who still refuses to defend De Ruyter.

The Energy Regulator has postponed deciding on Eskom's tariffs for 2023/24 and 2024/25 after the Electricity Subcommittee (ELS) of the National Energy ...

[financial](/topic/financial) years, which were approved by the [Energy](/topic/energy) Regulator on December 6, 2021, and November 8, 2022, respectively. [Energy](/topic/energy) Regulator referred the RCA decision back to the ELS for reconsideration, arguing that several questions about the application remained unanswered. [Energy](/topic/energy) Regulator also postponed approving Eskom’s R10-billion RCA application for the 2020/21 [financial](/topic/financial) year, which formed part of the MYPD4 revenue cycle. The [project](/topic/project) plan” by the close of [business](/topic/business) on December 14 for resolving the outstanding matters. [Energy](/topic/energy) Regulator has postponed deciding on Eskom’s tariffs for 2023/24 and 2024/25 after the Electricity Subcommittee (ELS) of the National [Energy](/topic/energy) Regulator of South [Africa](/topic/africa) (Nersa) requested more time to finalise its recommendation – this only ten days out from a looming December 24 deadline for the regulator to finalise its decision as stipulated in an order made earlier in the year by the High Court.

In a shocking but “not surprising” move that threatens to throw Eskom into a leadership crisis during one of the worst energy crises, CEO André de Ruyter ...

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Eskom boss André de Ruyter, who resigned as Eskom's group chief executive, was seemingly gradually sabotaged by the company's board after its appointment in ...

Andre de Ruyter resigned from the top position on Wednesday amid stage five and six power cuts.

[Pravin Gordhan said that De Ruyter had demonstrated resilience in a difficult job](https://ewn.co.za/2022/12/14/gordhan-on-de-rutyer-s-resignation-he-carried-enormous-burden-on-behalf-of-sa). [De Ruyter resigned from the top position on Wednesday](https://ewn.co.za/2022/12/14/eskom-ceo-andre-de-ruyter-resigns) amid stage five and six power cuts. Andre de Ruyter resigned from the top position on Wednesday amid stage five and six power cuts.

With the pressure that had been mounting, Busa CEO Cas Coovadia thought it only a matter of time before the Eskom CEO would say, 'Look, I just can't do it'.

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Andre de Ruyter resigned from the top position on Wednesday amid stage five and six power cuts.

[Pravin Gordhan said that De Ruyter had demonstrated resilience in a difficult job](https://ewn.co.za/2022/12/14/gordhan-on-de-rutyer-s-resignation-he-carried-enormous-burden-on-behalf-of-sa). [De Ruyter resigned from the top position on Wednesday](https://ewn.co.za/2022/12/14/eskom-ceo-andre-de-ruyter-resigns) amid stage five and six power cuts. Andre de Ruyter resigned from the top position on Wednesday amid stage five and six power cuts.

The longest serving CEO of the last 11 to hold the position, Eskom Group Chief Executive Andre de Ruyter has resigned.

“Our deepest concern has been the distinct lack of urgency and leadership on this matter that is critical to this province’s livelihood. The utility currently has 6,618MW on planned maintenance with another 15,996MW of capacity unavailable due to breakdowns. However, he lacked the critical government support to resolve these issues. I also thank de Ruyter’s family for supporting the Group Chief Executive during the tumultuous period,” said Makwana. Stage 6 hit the country again in late September and it has vacillated between 6 and 2 ever since. Eskom Group Chief Executive André de Ruyter resigned yesterday (Wednesday).

Andre de Ruyter's resignation as Eskom CEO has received a mixed reaction from civil society and political parties and labour unions.

Energy expert Chris Yelland said that while he believed that De Ruyter's resignation was the right move, he said that Eskom was not out of the woods. The province's premier, Alan Winde, said that De Ruyter's resignation was as a result of a lack of support from the national government. The EFF, which has been calling for De Ruyter’s removal for months, said that he was never qualified to lead the power utility.

The struggling power utility yesterday confirmed that André de Ruyter had tendered his resignation as Eskom's Group CEO, but said he would be staying on ...

Load shedding will continue to plague the economy for years to come,” he said. André de Ruyter’s departure implies a break in continuity and is possibly a major blow for Eskom. “His last day at Eskom will be on March 31, 2023.”

It's hoped it will then be downgraded even further to Stage 3. It says generating units at Grootvlei, Camden, Kriel, and Majuba have been returned to service ...

André de Ruyter, Eskom CEO, has handed in his resignation letter to the board of the power utility. The news follows a particularly bad bout of load ...

energy is always used as a factor that attracts investment into the economy.” DM If it is not addressed, then the state will be failing to do what it needs to do … Makwana is expected to take over from De Ruyter while a replacement is sought. The year 2022 has also seen the worst levels of load shedding. The news follows a particularly bad bout of load shedding and escalating attacks from Minerals and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, among others. Create a password to finish up registering with us:

Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter has spoken out for the first time since news broke of his resignation on Wednesday, saying that any notion of ...

Andre de Ruyter resigned on Wednesday as the country battles with high levels of load shedding. Eskom CEO ...

"If their strategy is just to fix the machines and not to build renewables, then South Africa once again becomes a pariah state. De Ruyter resigned on Wednesday as the country battles with high levels of load shedding. Andre de Ruyter resigned on Wednesday as the country battles with high levels of load shedding.

“Since Tuesday morning, a unit each at Camden, Kriel, Majuba, Matla and Duvha power stations were taken offline for repairs and planned maintenance. In addition ...

“Since Tuesday morning, a unit each at Camden, Kriel, Majuba, Matla and Duvha power stations were taken offline for repairs and planned maintenance. - Stage 4: 00h00 to 00h00 - Stage 4: 00h00 to 05h00 - Stage 4: 05h00 to 00h00 - Stage 5: 00h00 to 05h00 - Stage 5: until 00h00

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The 10 MW Elikhulu solar renewable energy plant developed at Evander gold operations has become the first embedded project ...

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EFF's Sinawo Thambo insisted De Ruyter did not qualify for the job, and he must leave now without any negotiated settlement or golden handshake.

I wish all the hard-working people of Eskom well," said De Ruyter. “We further call for the immediate resignation of Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer. “The EFF demands that De Ruyter resign without any negotiated settlement or handshake, and furthermore he must resign now, not in March 2023.

The resignation of André de Ruyter as the Eskom group CEO has shocked business, investment and energy experts, who say it is a blow to efforts at reforming the ...

When De Ruyter was in the Eskom recruitment process in 2019, as many as 27 top black executives were approached to apply for the job. Will they prioritise the interests of SA over the narrow interests of the utility? The risk with him going is further destabilising Eskom, if a wider exodus ensues,” said Dr Stuart Theobald, the executive chairman of Intellidex and a colleague of Attard Montalto. At the same time, Busa CEO Cas Coovadia said De Ruyter’s resignation is “hardly surprising, given the irresponsible comments by some in government and some other sectors”. The big concern is who will take over after De Ruyter. The new board was mandated by Gordhan to achieve a 75% energy availability factor (EAF) for the power utility to end rolling blackouts. The power utility is “urgently” embarking on a search for De Ruyter’s successor. Besides De Ruyter, no one else wanted the Eskom top job. An EAF is a measure of Eskom’s available power plants to generate and dispatch energy. Jan Oberholzer, the Eskom COO, is set to retire in April 2023. It was the fourth time in 2022 that Eskom had pushed rolling blackouts to Stage 6. There will also be a vacuum in Eskom’s top leadership structure.

It's been another extreme week on the electricity front, with Stage 5 loadshedding, the resignation of Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter and some dramatic Nersa ...

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Eskom CEO André de Ruyter, who tendered his resignation at the embattled state power company on Monday, has expressed disappointment about the lack of ...

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The outgoing CEO took to the helm of an increasingly embattled Eskom at the start of 2020 where he announced a five-step turnaround plan.

"I'm obviously very disappointed that I could not achieve all of the objectives that I had set myself. De Ruyter took to the helm of an increasingly embattled Eskom at the start of 2020 where he announced a five-step turnaround plan. The outgoing CEO took to the helm of an increasingly embattled Eskom at the start of 2020 where he announced a five-step turnaround plan.

South Africa is running out of transmission grid space, making it challenging to appoint new independent power producers.

It’s important to note that a sixth bidder could be added, bringing the total appointment closer to 1,000MW. “As a result of policy, regulatory and planning myopia and inaction, South Africa is undergoing the longest stretch of the worst and most damaging load shedding in its history,” Yelland According to Montalto, the failure to allocate slots for 3.2GW of wind power relates to a lack of grid capacity. “Starting over the next few weeks, Eskom will embark on some major capital investment projects, and major repairs that carry significant risk and that will serve to further increase the implementation of load-shedding,” it said in a statement. “Deep change is clearly needed, including political and leadership change at the departments of mineral resources & energy and public enterprises,” he added. This is according to Intellidex’s head of capital markets, Peter Attard Montalto, who explained that drastic change is needed, particularly in leadership roles at the department of mineral resources and energy and the department of public enterprises.

For a multitude of reasons, Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter's resignation is a huge setback for the state-owned power utility and South Africa.

Now, it is up to the board to find courageous and energetic replacements who can regain the country’s confidence in the ability of this government to run a state-owned utility. Simultaneous to restoring the coal fleet, the new CEO must focus on the renewable energy programme, which, at this point, is being hindered by limitations in transmission. [energy availability factor of 50% to 55%](https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/2021-confirmed-as-most-intensive-load-shedding-year-yet-as-eskoms-eaf-continues-to-fall-2022-06-07), leaving a generation shortfall of 4 GW to 5 GW. Both stations are critical to the longer-term stability of the grid, at least until 2050. The new CEO will have to ensure that the “special law enforcement team to help Eskom in confronting crime and corruption”, about which President Ramaphosa [previously](https://theconversation.com/what-it-will-take-for-south-africas-ailing-power-utility-to-keep-going-183777) that rolling blackouts were driving large-scale customers away from the national grid into cheaper and more reliable options. [resignation](https://www.enca.com/news/eskom-ceo-andre-de-ruyter-resigns) is a huge setback for the state-owned power utility and South Africa. [purposeful malfunction and sabotage](http://apanews.net/en/pays/afrique-du-sud/news/sabotage-rampant-at-safricas-eskom-power-stations-official) to earn higher maintenance and other fees from the utility. Similarly, the utility’s carbon emissions are about [200 million tonnes per year](https://www.news24.com/fin24/opinion/opinion-eskom-has-been-called-the-worlds-worst-polluting-power-company-just-how-bad-is-it-20211105#:%7E:text=According%20to%20Eskom's%20most%20recent,from%20all%20its%20power%20stations.), representing 40% of South Africa’s total emissions. This is instead of 5,200 MW [promised](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-07-26-here-it-is-ramaphosas-energy-action-plan-to-end-sas-rolling-blackouts/) by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his Electricity Action Plan delivered in July 2022. Stability is critical for success in the three key transitions Eskom needs to navigate. [resignation](https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2022-12-15-im-disappointed-i-couldnt-achieve-my-objectives-says-eskom-ceo-andre-de-ruyter/) comes as South Africa’s energy consumers face [the worst scheduled power cuts ever](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/south-africas-eskom-implement-stage-6-power-cuts-2022-12-07/), beyond even their wildest imaginings.

Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan had some harsh words for the “termites” within Eskom that continue to undermine the work being done at the power ...

He said he was instructed to take the sub-standard coal delivery to the Camden power station. He then drove to a known illegal coal yard in Middelburg, where the coal was offloaded and replaced with sub-grade coal. He admitted that the prescribed seals remained in his possession on exit. The truck was impounded. The power utility announced the arrest of a Just one week earlier, the power utility announced the arrest of a truck driver at the Camden power station for a

Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has defended resigned Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter, who has been criticised for failing to prevent ...

“Today is an important milestone in Eskom, but not a positive one, with Andre leaving. The energy availability factor (EAF) is currently below 59%. Among those calling for his head are Mantashe and the Black Business Council. The chief executive has been under tremendous pressure in recent months. I am not going to qualify it in any way. [Gwede](https://www.enca.com/news/watch-mantashe-accuses-eskom-agitating-overthrowing-state) Mantashe’s accusation that De Ruyter and Eskom management were “actively agitating for the overthrow of the state”, Gordhan said: “In relation to the overthrow of the state and [whether De Ruyter is a] traitor, the emphatic answer is ‘no’.