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At least 10,000 people on Eskom’s payroll of 48,600 could lose their jobs, say insiders at the state-owned energy company.
South Africa is back on track with its renewable energy programme after two years of uncertainty and government backtracking on its commitments to this multibillion-rand industry.
Eskom has reduced the number of F-Band positions from a total of 21 to 9 by way of regrading or combining roles.
A refreshing openness by Eskom’s new management has been demonstrated in an exclusive interview with Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer.
Cyril Ramaphosa appointed an Eskom Sustainability Task Team to advise government on actions to resolve Eskom’s operational, structural and financial challenges.
Ramaphosa signaled he doesn’t back a proposal from the struggling state-owned power utility for the government to assume a large portion of its debt.
Bloated by debt, bled by corruption and battered by structurally declining sales, Eskom is facing what’s known in the industry as a ‘death spiral’.
The biggest publicly traded life insurer in Norway, Storebrand ASA, is planning a total exit from coal by 2026.
The Necsa NTP production facility at Pelindaba, which produces medical nuclear radioisotopes, is back in partial operation.
The electricity provider earlier this month said executives were being consulted over job cuts as it struggles with high debt levels and declining demand.