Handover process overrated: Eskom CEO
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe says that the handover process is overrated, following the sudden resignation of Roman Crookes, project director at the Medupi power station.
In a radio interview on 4 January, Molefe said that Crookes, who was due to leave Eskom at the end of January, would leave immediately.
He said Crookes has chosen to pursue an opportunity abroad, having been involved with the Medupi project for nine years.
He will be replaced by Phillip Dukashe, a former power station manager, who has been working for Eskom for 22 years, Molefe told Radio 702.
Molefe was appointed as Eskom CEO after former CEO Tshediso Matona was suspended in March 2015. He was previously CEO at Transnet.
Molefe said he does not believe in the handover period, calling it ‘overrated’, adding that he did not have a handover when he was made Transnet CEO.
He said that Crookes’ departure is not a crisis, with many other able managers working on the project.
Medupi Power Station is set to be completed by 2019/20, and Kusile in 2020/21, following numerous delays. Medupi’s Unit 5 is scheduled to go online in 2017, and Kusile’s first unit also in 2017.
Molefe said he does not expect load shedding in the early part of 2016, following constant blackouts that plagued the country last year.
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