Parties, civil society fight Brian Molefe’s return to Eskom
ANC tells public enterprises minister to reverse appointment as hostile opponents line up urgent court application
When Brian Molefe reports to work on Monday morning, he is likely to be met by hostile protesters from opposition parties and civil society groups and an urgent court application, asking him to stay clear of Eskom. News of his return to the power utility on Friday has been met with widespread condemnation and his colleagues in the ANC seem united in opposition to the Eskom board’s decision to rehire him as CEO of the utility — which he had left under a cloud in 2016. The ANC on Sunday summoned Public Enterprises Minister Lynn Brown to its headquarters in Johannesburg to explain the reappointment. In an unprecedented move, the ANC called for Molefe’s reappointment to be reversed and for the dissolution of the utility’s board. Tripartite alliance member the South African Communist Party has also called for a reversal of the appointment.Some opposition political parties and trade union members said they would protest on Monday at the utility’s Johannesburg headquarters, Megawatt Park....
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