By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The Johannesburg power utility City Power has confirmed the resignation of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tshifularo Mashava at the end of March 2026.
Mashava submitted her resignation letter last week, citing a desire to “pursue personal and other professional interests”.
In her resignation letter, she stated: “After careful reflection and thorough consideration, I have resolved to step down consequent to my firm intention to pursue personal and other professional interests.”
She added that she will remain at the entity until the end of March.
This development comes after years of deteriorating performance at City Power, characterised by prolonged outages, infrastructure failures, cable theft, financial instability, and declining service delivery that has left residents and businesses suffering.
The utility’s spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, reiterated that the CEO had long expressed a desire to step down from her position.
“There were still some issues in the media about City Power, the legal issues as well, we advised that she basically hang around so that she can deal with those legal issues and then we can then be able to, she can then be able to move on.”
“I think now that the dust has settled, that’s why she thought it’s an opportune moment for her to basically go out and pursue those professional interests that are calling her name out there.”
He added that the resignation will not affect operations.
“City Power will probably be running on an acting CEO basis until that position has been filled. In terms of the operations, really, it does not have a bearing on the operations, on whether the lights will be on or off.”
The power utility board in October cleared Mashava of allegations of nepotism, unqualified appointments and weaknesses in internal controls.
The Hawks raided City Power’s headquarters in June last year and in November reportedly suggested charges be laid against Mashava.
Mangena dismissed the reports as “baseless”.
“An independent forensic investigation sanctioned by the board, late last year, around possible corruption at City Power cleared the CEO and other executives.