De Ruyter failed to keep his promises - expert
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load shedding is in full swing an energy expert says it's time for significant
solutions and a management shake-up at Eskom.
Ted Blom has been reacting to the utility's move to escalate the country's rolling blackouts-after more generating units tripped over the weekend.
On Sunday Eskom's CEO André de Ruyter moved to allay fears over the worsening power crisis saying that load shedding being used as a tool to avoid a total system collapse.
Blom isn't convinced, saying what's needed right now is urgent action.
"Three years ago, I put a solution on the table to get in emergency generated power at a rate of 1 gigawatt every three weeks. We could've delivered the required amount of space that Eskom has been boasting about for the last three years we could've put it down in three months.
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“The fact of the matter is that proposal, I was told will receive urgent attention from the Chief Operating Officer delegating to a senior manager. The senior manager after the meeting said to me watch this space."
He says de Ruyter has failed to fulfil his promise to fix Eskom within 18 months.
"Whether he made that commitment out of ignorance or arrogance, I don't care anymore. Most South Africans are with me now in that we are saying enough is enough."
