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ANC Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula says outgoing Eskom chief executive officer Andre de Ruyter has been exposed as a ‘right-wing fanatic’ who failed to transform the power utility.
Mbalula was responding to shocking and ‘politically charged’ comments made by De Ruyter during a wide-ranging interview with broadcaster, eNCA.
“Mr De Ruyter was appointed strictly to lead the turnaround of Eskom into a functional public enterprise that provides the country with stable, reliable electricity. He has completely failed to deliver on this contractual obligation,” Mbalula said during a media briefing in Cape Town on Thursday.
“He is now trying to shift the blame from his own short comings to other people. We must ask why he is only raising these ridiculous allegations when he leaves Eskom. Instead, he shifts the goalposts by advertising his right-wing ideological posture on a matter that falls outside the scope of his employment contract.”
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