Eskom Names Interim CEO as Record South African Outages Drag On
- Company’s failure to meet demand resulting in record outages
- Former CEO De Ruyter left after making corruption allegations
Calib Cassim
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South Africa’s state power utility appointed an interim chief executive, two days after the early departure of its former boss and as the company struggles to reduce record outages.
Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. appointed Chief Financial Officer Calib Cassim as interim CEO with immediate effect, it said in a statement on Friday. He will lead the company until further notice, it said.