Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan accused its former Chief Executive Officer Andre de Ruyter of spending too much time promoting a transition to green energy and paying inadequate attention to fixing its broken coal-burning plants. “What Mr. De Ruyter effectively said was that all of us in government are idiots and that stirred the backlash,” Gordhan said in an interview. With outages hitting unprecedented levels, De Ruyter failed to prioritise correctly and “did not sweat Eskom’s assets as he should have,” Gordhan said. “The main focus by government will now be to do just that.”De Ruyter declined to comment. De Ruyter’s comments may make it difficult to attract the caliber of person needed to replace him on a permanent basis, “but that search is continuing,” Gordhan said.

Source: News 24 February 25, 2023 03:18 UTC