Eskom leadership applauded for tackling load-shedding

By Akani Nkuna

Energy and Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has commended Eskom’s leadership for achieving a remarkable 200 days without load- shedding, a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to stabilise its power supply.

“[The team invested a lot of time in] leadership stability and appointing the right people with the right credentials and ensuring that there is alignment in relation to the credentials and the work you assign them,” Ramokgopa said while updating the media on the implementation of the Energy Action Plan on Monday.

“Once people know what the grand plans are, they are able to commit to an organisation over a period of time, and you are going to see it in the kind of results that we are seeing.”

He was speaking at the Lethabo Power Station in the northern Free State.

Eskom’s has come under fire for years for its inability to ensure a stable