André de Ruyter, 54, the CEO of Eskom, South Africa’s main electric utility, alleges that he survived an attempt to poison him. REUTERS “Cyanide is not like I take out a gun and I shoot you ...

Andre de Ruyter resigned as group chief executive of South Africa's state-owned power utility Eskom in December but will remain in the post until the end of March.

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.’s outgoing Chief Executive Officer Andre de Ruyter has told South African police he recently survived an attempt on his life. The alleged incident occurred on Dec. 13, a ...

Former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter provided details about the day he was poisoned at his office in Megawatt Park during an explosive interview on E-tv. De Ruyter said it was an interesting morning.

André De Ruyter, the CEO of South African energy giant Eskom, was poisoned with cyanide in December. He joked that you should "never have a personalized mug" after poison was slipped into his coffee.

Andre de Ruyter quit as chief executive officer of Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., leaving the South African state power utility facing a potential leadership vacuum as it struggles to tackle record ...

De Ruyter was appointed Eskom CEO in December 2019 and managed to reduce the power utility’s debt from R496 billion to R401 billion by June 2021. Before his appointment, Eskom’s debt had ...

The fallout from Andre de Ruyter’s television interview and his subsequent ‘release’ from his notice period by the board of Eskom has set much of South African society alight. The reaction ...

In December 2022, Mantashe accused Eskom, under De Ruyter’s leadership, of “actively agitating for the overthrow of the state”. His accusations came amidst Eskom implementing stage 6 load ...

De Ruyter has also battled wasteful spending at the financially-challenged power utility. In 2021, his team found several products procured at inflated prices, including single-ply toilet paper ...

Andre de Ruyter resigned as group chief executive of South Africa's state-owned power utility Eskom in December but will remain in the post until the end of March.