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- The Black Business Council of South Africa has called for the resignation of Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter and other senior executives after the power utility Eskom announced another round of load shedding recently, which is in the category of stage 4.
- The Black council said that it initially supported de Ruyter’s tenure
- However, it is now calling for him and the entire Eskom board to step down because of their inability to stop the prolonged energy blackouts.de Ruyter, according the Black Council had made things worse for Eskom
The Black Business Council of South Africa has called for the resignation of Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter and other senior executives after the power utility Eskom announced another round of load shedding recently, which is in the category of stage 4.
The Black council said that it initially supported de Ruyter’s tenure. However, it is now calling for him and the entire Eskom board to step down because of their inability to stop the prolonged energy blackouts.de Ruyter, according the Black Council had made things worse for Eskom.
Eskom announced that it would be moving to stage 4 load shedding recently. The BBC was overly optimistic when de Ruyter was appointed. But has since realized that two years later, the country has nothing to show but the highest number of blackouts in the history of our beloved South Africa, the statement said.
Eskom’s leadership is overwhelmed, inept, and out of its depth, the Black Council pointed out. Eskom has been under fire for its inadequate energy capacity for some time. The company has been struggling for years to provide electricity.
