Gordhan - Eskom to set up war rooms to tackle crisis
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says they are working on several interventions to improve performance at Eskom.
Gordhan was speaking during his budget vote briefing on Friday.
"At selected power stations, war rooms will be set up in the next few weeks to ensure that production challenges get tackled in a systematic way.
"In addition to this, a skills mentoring programme using highly experienced power station managers has been launched. This team will be deployed to power stations where load losses are particularly severe."
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He says the power producer is still plagued by a lack of key skills.
"There needs to be an upgrading of skills and training of senior managers and senior engineers and operators. The lack of engineering and technical skills and experience in Eskom remains a significant challenge.
"These are pre-requisites for a major industrial operation like Eskom. Eskom has introduced a new training programme at its academy of learning to upgrade the skills of these people."
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