City Power CEO switches off the lights in her office after 10 years

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Johannesburg City Power CEO, Tshifularo Mashava has tendered her resignation on Wednesday to the chairperson of the board.
The board is expected to sit down and discuss the succession for the CEO position.
Mashava confirmed in her resignation letter that its time for her to search for a new source for her personal and professional power.
She will leave her office at the end of March.
Mashava has led the power utility through testing times that include loadshedding, campaigns to target and clamp down on illegal electricity connections across the City of Johannesburg, and structural challenges.
In an exclusive interview, City Power spokesperson, Isaac Mangena told Jacaranda FM Newswatch's Faith Modise what the this resignation means for their daily operations.
19 Feb 5AM English South Africa News · Daily News

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