The term of Eskom chair Mteto Nyati, who played a pivotal role in stabilising South Africa’s state power utility and helping end years of rolling blackouts known as load-shedding, is set to end next month. His tenure oversaw a complex restructuring effort at the utility, which had been a persistent drag on South Africa’s economy due to chronic power shortages.
The end of his term raises questions about continuity at Eskom, an institution whose performance has outsized influence on South Africa’s broader economic stability. Whoever succeeds him will need to sustain the operational improvements achieved so far while navigating Eskom’s ongoing restructuring and the country’s longer-term energy transition plans.