The head of the Independent Power Producers Office (IPPO), Karen Breytenbach, has been asked to vacate her position.
In a statement, the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC), which comprises the Department of Energy (DOE), National Treasury and the Development Bank of Southern Africa, announced its decision to ask Breytenbach to leave following issues of “operational instability.”
“The Department of Energy, as the chair of the JIC, requested a meeting to address issues that were creating operational instability at the IPP office. These matters had a negative impact on the IPP office and if unresolved as a matter of urgency, had potential to destabilise operations and affect personnel negatively,” the JIC said.
The Department of energy said a meeting of the joint implementation committee, which the department chairs, was called to “address issues” which had the potential to destabilise operations and affect personnel negatively.
The committee unanimously agreed that “the current situation was
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