Solly Tshitangano, who had accused Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter of racism, had been charged with gross misconduct, breach of duties and non-performance. He had elected not to give evidence in his own defence.
“We are doing our utmost best to avoid load shedding this winter,” De Ruyter said.
NATIONAL NEWS - Power utility Eskom, which implemented load shedding at the eleventh hour on Sunday afternoon, has promised to end load shedding on Tuesday at 10pm.
Eskom said the last-minute stage 2 load shedding decision was made due to 10 generating units at seven power stations being lost.
Some 6,044MW was lost over 24 hours, which resulted in unplanned lost capacity amounting to 16,118MW.
Planned maintenance is currently at 4,171MW.
“The failure of three generation units at Tutuka was due to loss of air compressors; a unit at Majuba was forced to shutdown, while another unit tripped.
EXCLUSIVE: Eskom lied about Bowmans mandate
By Thabo Makwakwa
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DURBAN - IN AN ONGOING battle between Eskom and Econ Oil & Energy, new evidence obtained by the Daily News suggests that Eskom executives, led by the entity’s chief executive André de Ruyter may have overstepped their mandate and illegally appointed Bowmans law firm in an effort to push out the black female-owned fuel supplier.
In what sources close to developments have termed a carefully co-ordinated approach, insiders and evidence suggest that Eskom misrepresented the truth when it claimed in some media reports that its suspended chief procurement officer, Solly Tshitangano, with three other officials, allegedly cancelled Bowman’s investigation without the knowledge of chief operating officer, Jan Oberholzer.