EDITORIAL: Molefe leaves us in the dark
Regret and praise as Eskom CEO Brian Molefe steps down — he clearly was a competent CEO who lead Eskom’s revival
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe’s decision to step down from the utility following the public protector’s State of Capture report has been greeted with regret and praise. The regret is because he clearly was a competent CEO who has done much to turn around Eskom’s operational and financial performance in the 19 months since he took over; the praise because he has "done the right thing" by stepping down, to protect Eskom’s reputation, according to Molefe, even though he made it clear his resignation was no admission of guilt on his part. Certainly, he deserves to be commended for having the decency to step down. He has taken accountability for the questionable dealings with the Guptas and Gupta-linked Tegeta, which are detailed in the public protector’s report. He had resigned, he said, to protect Eskom. There isn’t nearly enough of this kind of decency and accountability in SA public life — in fact, we hardly ever see public officials so readily agree to carry the can, even when they are cha...
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