André Marinus de Ruyter

Eskom's near-term prospects have been hit by the delay in appointing a permanent replacement for former chief executive André de Ruyter although Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan claims one will be chosen by December (AC Vol 64 No 5 Energy plan riles ANC factions and vested interests)...

Mantashe and Gordhan have emerged unscathed by the energy crisis – apart from their unproductive public row with the outgoing head of Eskom André de Ruyter after he gave a barbed interview about the company (AC Vol 64 No 5 Energy plan riles ANC factions and vested interests)...

The explosive television interview by André de Ruyter outgoing chief executive of ailing electricity utility Eskom on 21 February which upstaged Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's budget on the following day has triggered a sharper focus on the 'four criminal cartels' he accused of wrecking the power company and their links to senior figures in the ruling African National Congress...

But that commitment is in question after the resignation in December of key technocrat Andre De Ruyter whom Ramaphosa appointed three years ago to rescue Eskom...

The Ramaphosa-appointed Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter disclosed at a mining conference in Johannesburg last month that he had spent much of his time rooting out and trying to contain massive procurement fraud and corruption at every level of Eskom...

Recently Mantashe joined radical voices within the ruling party calling to remove Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter whom Ramaphosa made a point of praising in his 21 July speech...

Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter said the felling of a pylon damaged two coal supply lines and could have shut down Lethabo had it not been for swift action of in-house technicians (AC Vol 60 No 24 Grasping the Eskom nettle)...

Chief executive Andre de Ruyter who was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2019 to take charge of the debt-ridden Eskom said the felling of a pylon damaged two coal supply lines and could have shut down Lethabo had it not been for the swift action of in-house technicians (AC Vol 60 No 24 Grasping the Eskom nettle)...

In a hastily prepared media briefing that day Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter promised that the lights would be kept on during – and for several days after – the 1 November poll...

Andre de Ruyter CEO of struggling power utility Eskom said that municipalities owed Eskom some 39 billion rand ($2...