Ramaphosa says he advised Zuma to appoint Brian Molefe as Eskom CEO
But president tells state capture inquiry he wasn’t aware at the time of Molefe’s association with the Gupta family and their associates
11 August 2021 - 15:36
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he recommended hiring Brian Molefe as CEO of Eskom in 2015, while Ramaphosa was deputy to Jacob Zuma.
Testifying at the state capture inquiry on Wednesday, Ramaphosa said he advised Zuma that Molefe’s secondment from Transnet to Eskom would help solve the electricity crisis at the embattled state-owned power utility in 2015...
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