Previous CEO Phakamani Hadebe resigned due to health reasons and the highly regarded Brian Dames burnt out at 48 after three years in the job. Eskom CEO, André de Ruyter The Eskom Board of Directors announced they have initiated an investigation into the allegations of racism that have been leveled against group chief executive André de Ruyter, in order to establish the veracity and the basis of the allegation. This involves an 18-month maintenance plan that is aimed at restoring the utility’s ability to ensure reliable and consistent energy supply. Eskom investigates allegations of racism against CEO Andre de Ruyter 9.3.2021 Electricity, fuel price hikes will impact market negatively, says motor dealers’ body 5.3.2021 The wait is finally over. Eskom board has resolved to launch an investigation into racism allegations levelled against chief executive Andre de Ruyter by one of the power utility's senior officials. March 3, 2021: Scopa suspends meeting with Eskom to consider a process that will investigate allegations levelled against De Ruyter. His predecessor at Eskom, Phakamani Hadebe earned less than half of that amount last year, and De Ruyter has already agreed to take a pay cut, the department of public enterprises confirmed. Eskom Hld SOC Ltd. Today at 5:01 AM. Due to continued media attacks and death threats made to the COO and his family, the COO called an urgent meeting on 24 July 2020 with the Eskom GCE, André de Ruyter, and the Eskom Acting Group Executive, Legal & Compliance, Bartlett Hewu, to understand first-hand a) the terms of reference (TOR) given to Adv. Eskom’s board has expressed its support in the utility’s leadership, particularly in the wake of CEO Andre De Ruyter’s fallout with suspended Chief Procurement Officer Solly Tshitangano. Eskom’s board has said it’s committed to transparency and will provide updates on its investigation into alleged racism by CEO Andre de Ruyter Eskom board to probe racism allegations against CEO Andre de Ruyter Some of the government officials have come out to question and even rejected the appointment. Given Eskom’s financial difficulties, De Ruyter has accepted a compensation package that is lower than “what the position currently pays,” the department said, without giving details. Eskom has launched an investigation into accusations of racism made against the CEO André de Ruyter. Eskom CEO De Ruyter may face Parly inquiry into procurement processes 3.3.2021 EFF lashes out at Eskom CEO De Ruyter over the suspension of CFO … 2020-08-28 12:28:00 PM. The Eskom Board has announced on Tuesday that it will appoint an independent Senior Counsel to probe racism allegations against its Group Chief Executive André de Ruyter. The recent appointment of Andre de Ruyter as CEO of Eskom has stirred controversy in the country. During a joint presentation to Parliament’s Appropriations Committee on 27 May 2020, in the questions from the members of parliament (MPs), an impression was created that Eskom had erroneously overpaid… See More. Eskom is renowned for having a “revolving door” of top executives and, after nine months, André de Ruyter is nearing the average term for CEOs over the last decade. De Ruyter said the settlement amount agreed upon with ABB includes a variation order amounting to R800 million; the cost associated with the irregular award of contracts due to collusion with certain Eskom officials of R250 million; interest on the money on irregular payments of R380 million, and profit accrued by ABB amounting to R160 million. This, because they lost more than Eskom in an effort to progress the power utility, she said. The National Union of Mineworkers, Eskom’s biggest labor group, said last week it was “highly disturbed” by allegations of racism against De Ruyter for purging Black suppliers from the utility. EFF STATEMENT ON THE ANTI-TRANSFORMATION APPOINTMENT OF ESKOM NEW CEO . Independent investigation into Eskom reveals fractious board discussions, involving accusations and counter-accusations, as allegations of corruption sink contract. READ: Eskom to Cancel 14 Billion-Rand Contract After Probe. The Department of Public Enterprises thanked De Ruyter for accepting the position “at a difficult time for Eskom” as well as a compensation package lower “than the position currently pays”, in view of the entity’s dire financial situation. FILE: Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter … Reaction to the appointment of Andre de Ruyter as CEO of Eskom. Megawatt Park, Maxwell Drive, Sunninghill, Sandton, JOHANNESBURG. It did not give further details of the package in its statement. March 7, 2021: De Ruyter … Andre de Ruyter has been given the thankless job of turning … According to the statement, this follows racism allegations made in the public domain against De Ruyter. Others have been in full support and stated that Andre is the best candidate for the post. Andre de Ruyter was a surprise choice for Eskom CEO but public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said that after extensive interviews all ministers agreed on the appointment. The EFF rejects the anti-transformation and racist appointment of Eskom's new CEO, Andre de Ruyter, and we are disgusted by the continued obliteration of Africans in key state-owned enterprises. Eskom have a new permanent CEO for the first time since June. The race card is being played to discredit Eskom CEO André de Ruyter as he applies fiscal discipline within the organisation, which has toppled the corrupt and … Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter made the revelation on Monday as he delivered a virtual address on the power utility’s state of affairs that last year alone, 2,000 Eskom employees left the embattled parastatal. Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has responded to questions that surfaced in a recent virtual meeting held by South Africa’s Parliament Standing Committee on Appropriations. GCE, Andrè de Ruyter, along with the Chief Operating Officer & Generation Executive met with staff & toured Tutuka power station today as part of a four station visit to review performance. Please see below the provincial statement for details and areas that will be affected today from 17:00 until 22:00. The South African power grid is still unstable, and will be for some time. De Ruyter has also shuffled senior managers over performance issues. Monday, 18 November, 2019. The Democratic Alliance (DA) has noted the announcement made by Eskom’s board of Directors sanctioning an investigation into allegations of racism against the utility’s CEO, Andre de Ruyter. Bianca Goodson, the courageous Eskom whistleblower who lifted the lid on its corrupt dealings with Trillian, has broken her silence about being left in the lurch after her sensational evidence in September 2016. But CEO André de Ruyter says cutting Eskom's R140bn procurement budget is a slow process and efforts to put disciplined procurement procedures in … Andre de Ruyter, Group Chief Executive of state-owned power utility Eskom speaks during a media briefing in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 31, 2020. Eskom’s new CEO, André de Ruyter, hopes to regain South Africa’s trust by addressing operational stability at the power utility. According to the Nampak annual report, De Ruyter earned almost R18.3m in 2018. Scopa to probe claims of Eskom CEO De Ruyter purging black suppliers The investigation will also include procurement and contract management in general. But CEO André de Ruyter says cutting Eskom's R140bn procurement budget is a slow process and efforts to put disciplined procurement procedures in … Eskom’s board of directors has announced that it will initiate an investigation into a racism allegation levelled against CEO André de Ruyter. Andre De Ruyter, Cheryl Singh Eskom and treasury locked in multibillion-rand tender bunfight. De Ruyter earned more than R18m at Nampak. Check Andre de Ruyter's profile on ExecLibrary, the world's largest searchable database of senior level executive profiles, their biographies, social channels, contact information and many more Andre de Ruyter - Chief Executive Officer Eskom|ExecLibrary Phone: 011 800 8111 Former CEO of Gupta-linked Trillian Management Consulting, Bianca Goodson, has written an open letter to Eskom CEO André de Ruyter asking him to consider donating a fraction of the funds received through litigation to whistleblowers. While allegations of racism cannot be taken lightly, it is as important to guard against racially motivated attacks which unfortunately are often used to obfuscate and hide This instability has spread to Eskom ’s administration, which is stuck in a vicious fight between its board, chief executive André De Ruyter and the treasury..