{"id":47857,"date":"2023-05-03T10:51:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T10:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis"},"modified":"2023-05-03T12:22:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T12:22:01","slug":"eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Jan Oberholzer, Eskom’s first and last chief operating officer, will stay at the troubled power utility for a while longer following his retirement in April, specifically to help see it through SA’s load shedding crisis.<\/p>\n

Oberholzer confirmed on Wednesday that he and Eskom had concluded a contract for his services.<\/p>\n

“A specific focus area is to oversee projects dealing with the current electricity crisis,” he said.<\/p>\n

Oberholzer, who was appointed as Eskom’s first COO in 2018, has a long, experienced history with Eskom, having worked for the utility for around 30 years. His father worked for Eskom for 25 years.<\/p>\n

Oberholzer told YOU magazine last month that he was open to assisting Eskom with advice and would be offering his services as a consultant.<\/p>\n

“I look forward to making a positive contribution in the next decade regarding the economy and the lives of the 61 million people in our beautiful country,” he told the magazine.<\/p>\n

The new Eskom board said in February that it was scrapping the COO position after Oberholzer’s retirement.<\/p>\n

Eskom recently lost several key executives, as it battles the worst stretch of load shedding ever.<\/p>\n

Andre\u0301 de Ruyter told Parliament last week that interference from the new board was one of the main reasons he resigned as CEO.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Jan Oberholzer, Eskom’s first and last chief operating officer, will stay at the troubled power utility for a while longer following his retirement in April, specifically to help see it through SA’s load shedding crisis. Oberholzer confirmed on Wednesday that he and Eskom had concluded a contract for his services. “A specific […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[274,315,684,127,1747,303,1414,275],"class_list":["post-47857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-energy","tag-eskom","tag-jan-oberholzer","tag-load-shedding","tag-power","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nEskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jan Oberholzer, Eskom's first and last chief operating officer, will stay at the troubled power utility for a while long ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jan Oberholzer, Eskom's first and last chief operating officer, will stay at the troubled power utility for a while long ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-03T10:51:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-03T12:22:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683094913.53.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-03T10:51:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-03T12:22:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis\"},\"wordCount\":235,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683094913.53.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"energy\",\"Eskom\",\"jan oberholzer\",\"load shedding\",\"power\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis\",\"name\":\"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683094913.53.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-03T10:51:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-03T12:22:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Jan Oberholzer, Eskom's first and last chief operating officer, will stay at the troubled power utility for a while long ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683094913.53.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683094913.53.jpg\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis - South Africa","description":"Jan Oberholzer, Eskom's first and last chief operating officer, will stay at the troubled power utility for a while long ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis","og_description":"Jan Oberholzer, Eskom's first and last chief operating officer, will stay at the troubled power utility for a while long ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-05-03T10:51:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-05-03T12:22:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1440,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683094913.53.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis","datePublished":"2023-05-03T10:51:48+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-03T12:22:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis"},"wordCount":235,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683094913.53.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","energy","Eskom","jan oberholzer","load shedding","power","South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis","name":"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683094913.53.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-03T10:51:48+00:00","dateModified":"2023-05-03T12:22:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Jan Oberholzer, Eskom's first and last chief operating officer, will stay at the troubled power utility for a while long ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683094913.53.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2023\/05\/postQueueImg_1683094913.53.jpg","width":1440,"height":1080,"caption":"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/eskom-keeps-oberholzer-on-for-longer-to-help-sa-through-power-crisis#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Eskom keeps Oberholzer on for longer to help SA through power crisis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}