The Democratic Alliance is demanding that R31m in bonuses paid to Eskom “directors” be “returned” to national treasury following Thursday’s rolling blackouts, the first since 2008’s power crisis. The DA says it wants the money paid back so that it can be used to buy generators for hospitals and emergency
Browsing: Brian Dames
Three short years at the helm. This is all it took for outgoing CEO Brian Dames to bring his decades-long career at national power utility Eskom to a close. Dames, who was appointed as CEO in 2010, and his erstwhile finance director Paul O’Flaherty, appointed in 2009, were the men brought
The news that Eskom CEO Brian Dames will step down at the end of March was widely met with regret on Thursday. “Mr Dames steered the company meticulously, with integrity. Despite the many challenges, he managed to keep the company stable,” public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba’s
Brian Dames has resigned as chief executive of Eskom, the power utility said on Thursday. “Eskom will still have the benefit of his vast experience and knowledge until 31 March 2014,” chairman of the Eskom board Zola Tsotsi said in a statement. “During
Eskom has signed a €100 million (R1,3bn) loan agreement to fund a 100MW solar power plant, the parastatal said on Wednesday. The agreement with development finance institution Agence Française de Développement (AFD) was signed on Tuesday night, Eskom said
Power utility Eskom said on Tuesday it had met its winter electricity demand and urged South Africans to save electricity during summer. “This winter was different, in that long-duration generation maintenance was planned to be done and was implemented,” Eskom CEO Brian Dames said in releasing
South Africans rejoiced when the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) awarded Eskom just half the tariff increase it had applied for in February this year. But in the power utility’s annual report released on 10 July, Eskom said it would respond to its funding problem by holding off
Eskom has assured South Africans they will not experience power cuts, similar to those in 2008, because of problems at the Medupi power plant, SABC news reported on Wednesday. “For the last five years, we have kept the lights on. South Africa has seen no load shedding,” Eskom CEO Brian Dames
Eskom on Monday morning announced that the Medupi power station’s first unit will not come online by December 2013 as planned, with the more realistic deadline being the second half of 2014. This set the deadline of the whole project back by six months to a year. The delay was announced
The National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has granted Eskom a licence for its Sere wind farm in the Western Cape, the power parastatal said on Monday. “This is an exciting milestone in Eskom’s move towards a cleaner energy mix,” Eskom CEO Brian Dames said in a statement. “Sere is our first