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Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe, the man who answered all the tough questions when it came to the embattled state-owned enterprise, has opted for some “him time”.
“There is a season for everything. I have run my race and completed the course. My primary focus now is to take some time off to relax and recharge,” Phasiwe told City Press on Friday.
Having joined the power utility in 2008, Phasiwe, who took up the role as national spokesperson in 2014, took to Twitter on Friday morning to confirm his resignation which will come into effect at the end of the month.
“This is to confirm that I am currently serving my resignation notice at Eskom, and that my last working day will be on April 30,” his tweet read.
Phasiwe went on to show his appreciation for the time spent at the state-owned entity.
“I’d like thank Eskom for entrusting me with the huge responsibility of being the national spokesperson of the company over the past five years,” he said.
With the recent flood of load shedding the country faced, experiencing never before levels of stage four load shedding, Phasiwe admitted to difficulties the parastatal faced.
“There are instabilities in the organisation, especially financial and operational challenges that we face. For instance we have not been able to generate enough revenue so we have had to get loans. And of course the issue of some of our power stations that have led to the implementation of load shedding,” he said.
However, Phasiwe was positive about other aspects relating to Eskom.
He told City Press: “There is a semblance of stability at the moment when it comes to the management and the board.”
“For the past five years working at Eskom has been like someone who works at an emergency ward and it affects a person’s mental and emotional state.”
“Eskom is not an isolated company. Eskom is us [South Africans] and we are Eskom. If Eskom faces a problem, South Africans face a problem. It is on us as a nation to work together and fix the problems,” he said.
