Outgoing Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer supports coal plant life extension

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Speaking before news broke of Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s controversial proposal to revise the shutdown schedule for some of Eskom’s oldest plants, Eskom’s outgoing COO, Jan Oberholzer, described the minister’s earlier public comments on the strategy as “responsible”, given South Africa’s worsening shortage of generation capacity.