Eskom’s troubled board considers Brian Molefe’s replacement
The pickings are relatively thin, with at least two executives tainted by allegations surrounding the Guptas
The board of Eskom meets on Friday to decide the future of disgraced CE Brian Molefe. This follows the directive by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown for the board to remove Molefe from the position he returned to three weeks ago. Brown, the minister with the political oversight over Eskom, has also indicated she is looking to replace the entire board this month. "The Eskom board is meeting tomorrow to discuss the minister’s directive and therefore we aren’t in a position to furnish you with further details," Eskom said in a written response on Thursday. Molefe was reinstated as the Eskom CE in May, after failing to obtain a R30m golden handshake for the 18 months he worked at the utility until the end of December last year. His tearful resignation came after being implicated in alleged irregular dealings with members of the Gupta family while they were negotiating to buy a company that supplied Eskom with coal. Brown this week instructed the board to remove Molefe, and give h...
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