The Citizen (Gauteng)

Eskom exec resigns for ‘health, family’

- Citizen reporter

Eskom has announced that its group executive for generation, Phillip Dukashe, has resigned.

The parastatal made the announceme­nt yesterday.

Eskom said Dukashe’s last day will be on 31 May.

“In his resignatio­n letter and discussion­s with Eskom executives, Mr Dukashe has cited the critical need to achieve a balance for the benefit of his health, family and work responsibi­lities. Phillip leaves behind a competent team to ensure the sustainabi­lity of the generation division.”

Eskom said that Rhulani Mathebula will act in the interim as the group executive for generation while the recruitmen­t process is initiated.

“Rhulani [Mathebula] is a seasoned power station general manager and had acted as group executive of generation prior to Phillip’s [Dukashe] appointmen­t.

“We salute Phillip for his rich legacy of selfless leadership, integrity and excellence in serving Eskom and the country for the past 26 years and for always standing up and doing what is right and honourable.”

Eskom said Dukashe’s vast institutio­nal knowledge, executive leadership and experience created stability in the generation division during his tenure and achieved some significan­t strides in helping to turn around generation’s poor performanc­e.

Meanwhile, Eskom warned of possible load shedding this week should there be any further generation unit breakdowns.

The utility has advised citizens to use electricit­y wisely from 5am to 9am and 4pm to 10pm to ease the burden on the power stations.

It said the power system has recovered and can meet demands during the day but power is likely to be constraine­d during the evenings which may lead to load shedding.

“The power system will be severely constraine­d during the evening peaks, with the possibilit­y of load shedding at short notice,” Eskom said.

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