Browsing: Bheki Nxumalo

Bheki Nxumalo has been appointed to one of the toughest jobs in South Africa: group executive for generation at Eskom.

Eskom has completed unit 4 at the Kusile power station, the long-delayed coal-fired power station, with the unit handed over to the company’s generation division on Tuesday.

Eskom has reached “commercial operation status” of its final generation unit at Medupi, one of the world’s largest coal-fired power stations – and likely one of the last of its size to be built.

Electricity monopoly utility Eskom has shuffled some senior managers weeks after missing its own target for restricting power outages.

Following major problems that brought Eskom’s Medupi power station to its knees last week, Medupi manager Rudi van der Wal is leaving Eskom to take up a position overseas.