Cassim has been with Eskom since 2001, and was a former head of the utility's regulation department. He became chief financial officer in 2018, replacing Anoj Singh. Singh, formerly a Transnet executive, is currently out on bail following charges of corruption during his time at the rail company.Eskom's chief operating officer, Jan Oberholzer, retires in April after five years in the job.
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The only reason they got rid of Andre de Ruyter is because he knows too much.
A CFO now appointed to CEO. So as a CFO he knows exactly where the money has been going. So he knows exactly about the corruption that has been happening at Eskom, maybe he's even part of it.
Just like in the case of Thuli Madonsela, let’s replace someone who fought a losing battle to uphold all that’s fair with someone right in the inner pockets of the ANC.
Are you going to allow the minister’s insistence to allow corruption in Eskom Mr Cassim? And why are you acting acting acting ?
My first question would be which company did he collapsed before coming to ESKOM or which scandals is he from because it's becoming a nom
Let's hope he avoids the cyanide
I'm sure he already drae his cross next to ANC on a voting paper for 2024. Already in the box with other votes that are already done.
The qualified engineer?
This is the guy that approves buying brooms for R200k, and toilet paper for R25/roll ... He will just streamline the corrupt and fraudulent tenders to MYANC beneficiaries.
A CFO who never detected or picked up any corruption at Eskom despite large scale corrupt activities & sabotage
A man who is deeply entrenched in eskom corruption , signing off on 80 000 rand knee pads and R26 toilet rolls ,
Die ou doos kon dan nie sien dat al daai geld onder sy neus verdwyn nie. Hy was saam skelm. Nou sit julle hom in n CEO posisie. Julle vat net gat van Suid Afrika
These ppl are all the same. If the da wins eskom bigwigs must be renewed and get this country moving again
Please save South Africa 🚨 sir
As long as it’s not a white man surely he will be regarded as corrupt anc lackey and incompetent by white populace.
He is head of Finance and all this looting went on under his department. Mmmmmmm
The ANC says he is 100% for office. So where is his engineering degrees?
he seems to have shifty eyes this one, trust him at you own peril
So new CEO, as de Ruyter was asked, when is load shedding going to end or drop to lower stages.
Gupta Gate, here we go again SA!
This one will sign off R100K for R25 welding goggles.
Ok big deal The same man who pushes the buttons that pays out the 1 bil that is un accounted for and no questions asked on why things have such marked up prices Then we have plenty to worry about
when you ask one of the problems to help solve the problem
He approves money thn channel it to relevant hands without any questions. Gave up on dc country its done .
Let the looting continue even more now before it all falls down, SA brace yourselves for total collapse! EskomCrisis andrederuyter
Recycling the same nonsense, lets focus on Eskom and not leave it till they fix it.
PresidencyZA please 🙏 you are wasting our ⏲️ time as voters on this useless appointments ,how a financial person can run a engineering entity like Eskom, Pravin has blinded you all maqabane ?
Ke yena o
What does he say about alleged R1 billion a month to the ANC?🤔
Another puppet
An Accountant? Don't we have Engineers there who can steer this ship
So the guy in charge of the billions being looted is given a promotion after money looting allegations. Maybe the guy was telling the truth
How clean can this guy be?
'Abrupt departure'? New 24..get your story straight.. he was asked by Eskom to forgo the notice period & depart.. it was by mutual agreement.. your childlike writing bores me to tears..
Will have the balls to stand up or will he become part of the cANCer?
“Instead of politicians, let the monkeys govern the countries; at least they will steal only the bananas!” Mehmet Murat ildan -CFO he is just here to cover up funny he has not realized he will be taking the fall for it all soon enough, bright spark that he is🙈🤢
Question: Is loadshedding the ANC's way of not only stealing public money, but also leading the public and business to a point where we will allow Russian nuclear out of desperation? More billions for the ANC, and Russia gets control of SA's mineral resources when we can't pay.
Are we now allowing guptas into escom to further capture state enterprises?
It won't be long before the bigots in this Country are begging for De Ruyter to come back.
Soon he will be fired as well
Is he also corrupt ? Cause surely he must know of all the corruption going on as he is the chief financial officer at Eskom?
I can bet with my last Million, this one will be interim for more than a year 😂😂😂🤣
So when is he ending loadshedding?
Good luck sir. Please remember to look the other way then you will do well. Don't have intergrity they dont.
Still the same group. Nothing changed
Yoh👀 SA is in serious trouble 😭💔💔
They still put an accounted not an engineer, wood! Sham saze savelelwa
KwaneleThusi1 were you not available?
CFO AND CEO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
We need to look at the history of this man, Calib Cassim. How close is he to president Cyril Ramaphosa or to Pravin Gordon.
Wonder how much he will allow to be 'eaten'
Ahhh the man who signs off all illicit transactions. Let's put Him in charge. Brilliant! Eskom_SA Our_DA
Still on stage 6 so clearly he's already a failure.... 😑 I thought loadshedding can change with new heads 🤷🤣
He’s been there during the looting in the most senior financial leadership role there. What did he do? He should be held to account as opposed to being appointed in any executive role! But alas, this is the way of this govt!
I’m puzzled… a lot of criticism against deRuyter was that he was not an engineer… is Calib Cassim one. If not then it just goes to prove that when someone is rocking the gravy boat picky, petty, inconsequential criticism is metered out to create diversions.
So this dude is a CA at Eskom for 20yrs…he has signed off on all the inflated tenders and corruption and now is fully in charge? 🤡🤡🤡 MYANC don’t even try to hide the fact that they not going to stop stealing
This on will cover all the mess and protect the evil one.
Recycling of the same useless nonsense over & over & over & over & over forever more.🚮
Goodbye Eskom….. CFO so he approved the R80k kneecaps So he is the YES GUY ….. any relation to Pravin?….. 😡
This one still has to confirm the allegations of this massive looting by ANC aligned suppliers because ultimately he would’ve been the one singing off payments for those knee-guards or this move would appear as though his silence is being bought 🤞🏾
1st question to new CEO, seeing as he was CFO; Where's the money? 2nd question : How do you not know about all the corruption?
His bosses again appoints an accountant he's gonna fail we need an engineer there even on acting capacity we don't want another fool with excuses he's gonna come with alot of excuses and tell us about this cooked up false state capture
An accountant really
There goes the last of their cash
Mark my words: Eskom gaan loadshedding af bring na Stage 2/3 oor die aanstelling van die nuwe CEO net om vir De Ruyter n put te druk en dan gaan die kak kom. Stage 8 of totale grid shutdown. Good luck to all🙏
My question, one billion a month is going missing. Do you acknowledge or deny? And don't answer that you will look into it, as CFO you would know.
As if this guy is not already aware of what's going on 🤣
lap dog
Tjek daai facial expression uit and tell me we can trust that oke.....nooit gesien nie
Ja nee. As hy sy mond oop maak lieg hy NES die ANC
Bra Calib I wish you good luck with your new job, please stop this bloody load shedding 🙏our people are suffering
Interesting appointment. The man who managed the purse of Eskom now seconded to CEO. Consolidating ANC control
Another plumber with no skills in engineering, the circus continues
If Cassim was the CFO, he would know exactly where the looting was taking place and by whom. Is he going to collaborate what De Ruyter said or is his job going to be to cover up the mess. Being appointed by the ANC, my guess is the latter🤮🤮🤮
by his looks he seems like he will be worse than Andre
Let the corruption begin
Please bring in an engineer who understands generation and sack the current board, and everyone in senior management Eskom_SA We need fresh blood in that utility.
CyrilRamaphosa and so they tighten their grip on the finance at Eskom. Hahahaha why are we still on stage 6? Dont the saboteurs know its an ANC puppet back in charge of the purse? Eish shiws you how little control you have over the ANC supporters and BEE contractors. RIP ESKOM
He already looks shady
He is more corrupt than anyone else! 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ God please save this country.
As CFO didn't Calib knew about the corruption in Eskom as alleged by Andre?🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️🚶♂️
He should announce his arrival with the suspension of loadshedding until 2024 elections. The PR script.
A shady character. How many more R80 000 knee guards will he sign off on.🤔
From CFO, to CEO. Mxm
We need new people at Eskom not the current corrupt leadership
And then we will hear give him a chance
I have to give it to Ramaphosa, he knows just how to distract. The onslaught will come hard and fast. I hope Calib Cassiem is ready to dance to the ANC tune, or he is doomed.
Whoever is appointed now is a yes man
Shame poor guy! Good luck. You will be expected to turn things around in a year, as with Andre, which may take no less than 20 years to fix. That is if no more money is stolen ...
Bring Back Brian Molefe and Matshela Koko they know how to stop loadshedding it’s not like all other CEO’s didn’t steal Eskom money anyway 🤷♂️
ANC going full out for the scapegoats. Where is the outcry for black CEO's now? Good luck to you sir, get ready for the onslaught of racial profiling. I pray you are not in the ANC pockets already, because by golly, they sure are not appointing another potential whistleblower.
Stage 10 here we come.
This guy seems to be moving up the ladder by firstly acting in a position then being appointed fulltime.
Calib is the man for the job. Ethics are a cornerstone of his life. Start crushing the cartels and gangs in Eskom Calib. And don't drink the machine coffee.
Ah bloody hell. Does not look like a man who wants to save SA people from loadshedding destruction. Looks like another one at the banquet...SA is doomed
What an unmitigated shitshow this is turning into….. musical chairs ain’t got nothing on the Eskom chaos ….how reassuring this must all be to investors and foreign observers
I give him 2 months
Mini Jamnandas
Oh 🫣🫢 He looks skelm 🫢
Calib Cassim are you sure about this?
This a distraction from ANC thuggery that's happening at Eskom. We must never fall into that trap of focusing elsewhere while we have an elephant in the room. Andre De Ruyter must respond to direct questions and if indeed Ramaphosa knew about this then he must be held to account.
Poor chap
Why must these curry munchers be in power....first Pravin now Calib....only the black man can fix things at Eskom...bring Koko and Molefe back ....fact