Brown lauds Eskom leadership after Medupi unit comes on line

Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown had high praise for Eskom CEO Brian Molefe and chairman Ben Ngubane on Friday after the Medupi power plant’s Unit 5 was synchronised to the electricity grid. Brown said their inspirational leadership had turned the embattled utility around. The unit adds an additional 800 megawatts to the grid and is expected to become commercially operational by March 2018.