Eskom Head in China as South Africa Grapples With Acute Outages

Calib CassimPhotographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg
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Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.’s acting chief executive officer traveled to China, as the South African state-owned utility implements record power cuts that are hobbling the nation’s economy.

Calib Cassim accompanied South African Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on the trip to Beijing, Chairman Mpho Makwana said by phone on Wednesday, declining to provide further details.