Truth to Power: My Three Years Inside Eskom 9781776390625, 9781776390632
When André de Ruyter took over as Eskom CEO in January 2020, he quickly realised why it was considered the toughest job
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English Pages 237 Year 2023
Table of contents :
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Abbreviations
1. The Guv’nor plants the seed
2. The value of an old pair of boots
3. A fool rushes in
4. crisis sets the stage
5. The trophy of shame
6. ‘You guys are going to kill more people’
7. ‘Leaders eat last’
8. Frau Merkel nails it
9. Ambushed by one of our own
10. The land of Porsches and Louis Vuittons
11. Milked by the middlemen
12. One call opens a Pandora’s box
13. The hidden tenderpreneur tax
14. President on the line
15. Lighting a billion rands on fire
16. From CEO to spymaster
17. The green gospel
18. The price of power
19. We are f***ed. Maybe.
20. Corruption: the gift that keeps on giving
21. Eskom, guard thyself
22. Week from hell
23. A day in the life of an Eskom CEO
24. Cutting the Gwedian knot
25. The man in the arena
26. No time for smiling
27. The sword falls
28. The end of days
29. The poisoned chalice
30. Fallout
31. Looking at the scoreboard
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Abbreviations
1. The Guv’nor plants the seed
2. The value of an old pair of boots
3. A fool rushes in
4. crisis sets the stage
5. The trophy of shame
6. ‘You guys are going to kill more people’
7. ‘Leaders eat last’
8. Frau Merkel nails it
9. Ambushed by one of our own
10. The land of Porsches and Louis Vuittons
11. Milked by the middlemen
12. One call opens a Pandora’s box
13. The hidden tenderpreneur tax
14. President on the line
15. Lighting a billion rands on fire
16. From CEO to spymaster
17. The green gospel
18. The price of power
19. We are f***ed. Maybe.
20. Corruption: the gift that keeps on giving
21. Eskom, guard thyself
22. Week from hell
23. A day in the life of an Eskom CEO
24. Cutting the Gwedian knot
25. The man in the arena
26. No time for smiling
27. The sword falls
28. The end of days
29. The poisoned chalice
30. Fallout
31. Looking at the scoreboard
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