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IN THE HOT SEAT

‘IT IS AN HONOUR TO BE CHOSEN TO LEAD ESKOM AT THIS CRITICAL JUNCTURE IN ITS HISTORY’

IT HAS to be the toughest, most thankless job in South Africa. Who’d want to be the person in charge of trying to keep the lights on – and then explaining to the nation why yet another round of loadshedding is unavoidable?

Over the past decade, 10 Eskom CEOs have come and gone. And now, after an almost year-long search, the board has finally chosen Daniel Marokane to replace André de Ruyter, who left abruptly in February last year.

With the energy company having recorded its worst year yet with more than 280 days of loadshedding –

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