'You must be a walking encyclopaedia' - what's all in a day's work for Eskom's Khulu Phasiwe | Fin24
In a WhatsApp message to journalists, Phasiwe quoted a verse from the Bible, likening his resignation from the power utility to Paul the Apostle informing his disciple Timothy in a letter that his"time for departure is nearing".
Phasiwe does not know yet what he will do next, but is taking time to"detox" from what he described as a"war zone" - given the myriad challenges that had to be addressed in his daily work life, which often came at the expense of his family life, he told Fin24. "In some cases, my day started at 05:30 in the morning, because the radio people wanted to prepare their first clip for the 06:00 news bulletin. So from 05:30 I was already getting calls," he said.
The concept of weekends and public holidays had become a"rumour" because he found he had to work right through these days in emergencies, he added."At some point it takes a toll on you as a human being. It's just like someone who has been to war. At some point you need to sit back and reflect and detox before you can go into other things in life."
Of the strangest queries received, Phasiwe said once he had to explain to a journalist how to spell Eskom."I was in a teaching mode, I had to teach how to spell Eskom," he said.He recalled having helped someone who had a query about her electricity meter. The woman called back to thank him for helping and had mistaken him for being the CEO."Lo and behold, she said: 'I never thought I would speak to the CEO of Eskom,'" Phasiwe said.
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