Business lobby groups, along with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), have called for the reinstatement of former acting Eskom CEO Johnny Dladla as concerns around the capture of Eskom grow. On Friday, the utility’s board removed Dladla from his position, barely four months after his appointment. His replacement is Sean Maritz. Dladla was appointed in June this year following the suspension of acting CEO Mathsela Koko. Eskom said the Dladla’s removal was with the approval of Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and came after the board opted to make the position of acting CEO a rotational one. NUM said the stated rotation system "is nothing but a fluke aimed at deactivating controls and systems from detecting corruption at Eskom". "The NUM is reliably being informed that Mr. Jonny Dladla was removed after he declared on a public platform that he was going to recoup money that was unlawfully paid to McKinsey and Trillian totalling R1bn and R564m respectively," said NUM in a s...
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