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| The following strategic engagements have been established since
the onset of the crisis in January 2008: |
- ministers, Eskom, the energy-intensive users group, metros,
large municipalities and Business Unity South Africa have a
bi-monthly meeting. The Minister of Public Enterprises chairs
the meeting and the Ministers of Minerals and Energy and
Provincial and Local Government are members
- the supply availability co-ordinating committee was
established
- the national electricity response team, chaired by the
department of Minerals and Energy, has been established. It
includes representation from various bodies such as labour,
government, Eskom and business
- the chief executive briefs the cabinet and parliamentary
portfolio committees regularly
- a presidential joint working group has been formed
- internally, Eskom has established the recovery programme
that is chaired by the chief officer (system operations and
planning)
Our plan is to continue with the implementation of the
stakeholder engagement model which includes the following
activities, inter alia:
- facilitate pro-active and regular feedback sessions with the
stakeholders to discuss the challenges facing the organisation,
including proposed mitigating solutions. This will help to fill
the information vacuum and prevent speculation
- influence opinions and perceptions of stakeholders in support
of Eskom’s strategic priorities
- optimise liaison between stakeholders and Eskom in an
integrated manner across all divisions
- establish strategic partnerships with key stakeholders with a
view to strengthening relations
- gather business intelligence and sensitise the organisation on
issues that could potentially put the organisation at risk
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