Eskom exec resigns for ‘health, family’
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.