"despite solar and wind technology becoming more affordable because of the technological innovation happening in the value chains linked to green energy, it primarily benefits households instead of the energy grid, as Eskom must prioritise supplying power to charge inverters during peak hours"
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Matshela Koko
Matshela Moses Koko is a South African engineer and business executive. He is best known for his tenure as a senior executive at Eskom between 2014 and 2018. During that time, he was Eskom's acting chief executive officer from 2016 to 2017. The Zondo Commission implicated him in the Gupta family's capture of Eskom.
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