Eskom reports lost income of R2.5bn in April

Eskom’s income has shrunk by about R2.5 billion in April as energy demand plummeted due to the country’s national lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the power utility’s CEO Andre de Ruyter said on Wednesday. "We have seen a reduction in cash-generation for April of some R2.5 billion. The full financial impact will still need to be assessed," De Ruyter told a virtual meeting of Parliament’s portfolio committee on public enterprises.