‘Pipeline’ of young professionals to solve skills shortage - De Ruyter
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter says the power utility Eskom aims to solve its skills crisis with a “pipeline” of skilled young professionals.
De Ruyter spoke at the ‘On the Record Summit’ hosted by News24 in Sandton on Thursday.
“And I think what we have done in the past is that we have allowed skills to leave the company without having a formal process to ensure that those skills are in fact transferred,” De Ruyter said.
“And that is what we are focusing on now, to build a pipeline of young people with the appropriate skills.”
Eskom, which has been battling to keep the lights on for more than a decade, has suffered a mass exodus of employees with critical skills.
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The power utility has also been descimated by state capture, and De Ruyter warns that corruption at the entity is still rife.
“And then I think lastly that there is a residue of corruption. I think the notion that somehow corruption ended when the Guptas plane departed Lanseria airport is not true. Corruption is still a part of the organisation, and that manifests itself in quite interesting ways.”
