SAM MKOKELI: Two thankless jobs made impossible by political disarray
Who would want to run Eskom or the new electricity ministry in the current climate of chaos?
26 February 2023 - 09:27
Is there still time for the government or the Eskom board to contact Andy Calitz? He was seen as the front-runner pipped at the post by André de Ruyter for the Eskom CEO job in 2019. Calitz found out through the media that someone else got the job; not even a rejection letter.
A South African who started his career at Eskom, Calitz worked for energy giant Shell in Australia, China, Russia and India before becoming CEO of LNG Canada. His employer is a multinational joint venture between Shell; PetroChina; Kogas, South Korea's state natural gas company; and Mitsubishi, Japan's largest trading company. ..
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