[miningmx.com] – THE board of South African power utility, Eskom, has petitioned public enterprises minister, Lynne Brown, to appoint Brian Molefe as its full time CEO, said BDLive.
It would now be up to Brown and the South African cabinet to confirm the appointment of Molefe who is largely credited with improving the availability of electricity over the last two weeks notwithstanding the onset of winter in the country.
Eskom’s capacity would further increase next year when the 3,000MW Ingula pumped storage scheme came on stream, said BDLive. “As we move along this trajectory we hope to make load shedding a thing of the past,” said Eskom chairman, Ben Ngubane.
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