Jabu Mabuza

Jabu Mabuza (4 February 1958 – 16 June 2021) was a South African businessman and investor. He was chairman of the Eskom board.

He was appointed the chairman of Eskom in January 2018, a post he resigned from in January 2020.

Early life and education Jabulane Mabuza was born in February 1958 in the town of Waterval Boven, South Africa. His family was later forcibly resettled in White River on trust land, and Mabuza lived alternatively with his two grandmothers. He later went to live with an aunt in Daveyton. While in junior secondary school, Mabuza was expelled for being caught in the 1976 student protests in Soweto. He graduated in Durban and from 1981 until 1982 attended the University of Limpopo.

Personal life Mabuza met his future wife, Siphiwe, in the 1970s while on a train to Durban. They had three children.