Parliament told that Eskom board were ‘in awe’ of Brian Molefe
Former Eskom director Venete Klein says Molefe had ‘been able to deliver’ and she was impressed with the ‘significant strides’ made under his leadership
Members of the Eskom board were "in awe" of the achievements of former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe in stabilising the utility and therefore supported the move to make his interim contract more long term, former Eskom director Venete Klein said on Tuesday. Klein, a director of a number of prominent boards, gave testimony before Parliament’s inquiry into state capture being conducted by the public enterprises committee. In 2015, Molefe was seconded for a three-month term from Transnet, where he had been CEO. He was then given a five-year contract, although the nature of this contract became the subject of a dispute. Last year, former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s state of capture report cited Molefe as being key to the conclusion of coal contracts with Gupta-owned Tegeta Exploration and Resources. Klein conceded that the allegations of state capture had changed people’s minds about a lot of things. However, she insisted that the decision to appoint Molefe was based on information avai...
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