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Eskom should recruit former employees, says board chair

SHARM EL-SHEIKH - Embattled Eskom should ask for help.

Its board chairperson Mpho Makwana says the power utility needs to recruit the best minds familiar with how it operates.

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Makwana has told eNCA that human resources is the major area of focus in a bid to turn around Eskom.

He's part of the South African delegation attending the global climate talks in Egypt.

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Makwana says the immediate task is to stabilise the under-strain national electricity grid and save the economy from taking a huge knock due to ongoing blackouts. 

* eNCA’s Siphamandla Goge reports.

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