Transnet mum on conflicting reports about CEO appointment
Permanent chief executive still not appointed six months after interviews were conducted
Transnet has declined to comment on the appointment of a new group CEO after conflicting reports at the weekend that Portia Derby, former wife of one-time Transnet CEO Brian Molefe, is in line for the top job.
The Sunday Times reported that the Transnet board, chaired by Popo Molefe, has endorsed the appointment of Derby. However, City Press reported that the Transnet board’s preferred candidate was Patrick Dlamini, current CEO of the Development Bank of Southern Africa, but that Derby’s name was thrown in the ring after the initial interviews and at the insistence of public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan...
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