EDITORIAL: Eskom’s never-never CEO: Behind Gordhan’s veto
The minister’s last-minute nixing of the board’s new CEO pick highlights, once again, the state’s role in South Africa’s SOE chaos
27 September 2023 - 06:00
You could hardly blame prospective CEO candidates for fleeing from Eskom’s headhunters.
After all, André de Ruyter, Eskom’s most recent CEO — the 11th in as many years — was not only publicly attacked by his shareholder (the government), but was actually poisoned with cyanide in the last months of his tenure. Few jobs seem less appealing...
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