Eskom debacle prompts calls for Lynne Brown and the board to quit
After weeks of public outrage and opposition to Molefe’s reinstatement, Brown finally directed the board on rescind Molefe’s reinstatement
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown’s capitulation over the removal of Eskom CEO Brian Molefe and the bungling of the Eskom board over his reinstatement have prompted calls for the removal of both the minister and the board. After weeks of public outrage and opposition to Molefe’s reinstatement, Brown directed the board on Wednesday to rescind it, but only once the decision to do so was taken by an interministerial committee established by President Jacob Zuma to investigate the reinstatement. Brown was a member of the committee. The Eskom board said in a statement that it would "meet to finalise the way forward on the issues raised by the minister". Corruption Watch executive director David Lewis said the organisation was taking legal advice on either itself applying for or supporting an application to court to have all members of the Eskom board who were present when major coal contracts were concluded declared delinquent directors. This would include Molefe and board chairman...
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