Ex-Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer shares inside story of loadshedding, transformation, CR’s plan

Eskomite Jan Oberholzer, an electrical engineer who retired as the utility’s COO at the end of April, spent Friday evening in Hermanus answering nothing’s-off-limit questions from BizNews’s Alec Hogg. Here are the highlights of that lengthy interview, providing the inside track on burning issues like why loadshedding has improved lately and when will it end. Plus the inside track on Oberholzer’s two year consulting job; his lengthy one-on-one meeting with the SA president; SA’s desperate need for a ‘crystal ball’ - and how to turn currently destructive transformation policies into a positive. The interview was in a large hall and in parts the recording is not good. But given the content, it's is worth persevering with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices