City welcomes appointment of new City Power CEO
After six months in the role of acting CEO, Tshifularo Mashava has been appointed as City Power’s permanent CEO.
The City of Johannesburg has welcomed the appointment of Tshifularo Mashava as City Power’s new CEO.
Mashava, who has 22 years of work experience, 13 of which in the energy sector, has been the entity’s acting CEO for the last six months.
According to executive mayor Mpho Phalatse, after working closely alongside Mashava during her role as acting CEO, she has impressed the city’s executive council and the entity’s leadership.
“In the short time that Mashava has led the entity in an acting capacity, she has played a key role in raising the alarm bell on the theft and vandalism of City Power’s infrastructure.
“While attacks on critical infrastructure remain an ongoing battle, we [the city] have already seen a marginal reduction in incidents, and an increase in arrests and significant jail sentences for those involved in this organised criminal activity.”
Phalatse added that even in the city’s tight budget climate, Mashava has motivated the municipal government to allocate a majority of its capital expenditure budget, R1.2 billion of R7.7 billion, to City Power.
The additional budget allocation is set to be dedicated towards infrastructure refurbishments and upgrades and an additional R1.6 billion on operating budget to reduce power outages.
“This is spectacular news that will only aid City Power in further stabilising the Entity and enhancing deliberate efforts to sustainably provide quality energy services to the residents of Johannesburg,” added MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services Michael Sun.
