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  • FILE: Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    DA wants to ensure Molefe does not return to Eskom

    The Democratic Alliance has now joined Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and Eskom in Molefe’s Labour Court battle to have his job back as CEO.

    1850 days ago
  • FILE: Brian Molefe. Picture: EWN

    Eskom board, dept confirm receipt of Molefe docs to fight dismissal

    Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown had requested the Eskom board to reverse his reappointment after he resigned from the parastatal.

    1851 days ago
  • FILE: Brian Molefe. Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Decision on Molefe ‘for the good of the country’

    Minister Lynne Brown confirmed this afternoon that she's directed the Eskom board to rescind Molefe's reappointment.

    1856 days ago
  • Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. Picture: Gaye Davis/EWN

    Minister Brown: Eskom doing better now than 3 years ago

    However, Brown says she will abide by the court's decision on the legality of Brian Molefe’s reappointment as CEO.

    1856 days ago
  • FILE: Eskom CEO Brian Molefe.  Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Molefe refutes claims of involvement in Tegeta coal deal

    Brian Molefe told Parliament’s Scopa that he only took office at the power utility a month after the contract for the Brakfontein colliery was signed.

    1857 days ago
  • ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe briefing the media on 29 May 2017 following the NEC meeting over the weekend. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN

    Mantashe: ANC won't dictate how Brian Molefe leaves Eskom

    The ANC's NEC announced that it wants Brian Molefe’s appointment as Eskom CEO to be rescinded.

    1857 days ago
  • FILE: Eskom CEO Brian Molefe. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Eskom: Difficult to probe Molefe documents claim without proof

    Eskom’s Suzanne Daniels says they are already dealing with the matter and take the allegations seriously.

    1861 days ago
  • Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. Picture: Gaye Davis/EWN

    MPs lay into Brown over Eskom, Molefe and state capture

    The Economic Freedom Fighters’ Thembinkosi Rawula said her department should be dissolved.

    1861 days ago
  • FILE: Eskom CEO Brian Molefe speaks during a press conference in Johannesburg on 3 November 2016. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Zuma appoints ministerial trio to 'gather facts' into Molefe's reinstatement

    Cabinet announced the decision hours after Brown announced she had asked the Special Investigating Unit to probe alleged maladministration and corruption at the power utility.

    1861 days ago
  • Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    [WATCH LIVE] Lynne Brown presents budget vote

    The Public Enterprises Minister is presenting her department's budget vote amidst controversy surrounding SOEs.

    1862 days ago
  • FILE: Eskom CEO Brian Molefe. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    DA: Eskom documents claim from credible source

    Natasha Mazzone says she’s more than willing to share her evidence with Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown.

    1862 days ago
  • FILE: DA shadow minister of public enterprises Natasha Mazzone at a picket outside Eskom's Megawatt Park offices in Johannesburg on 15 May 2017 against the reappointment of the utility's CEO Brian Molefe. Picture: EWN.

    Load shredding: DA wants probe into Eskom document destruction claims

    The DA wants Minister Lynne Brown to investigate claims that key documents around Brian Molefe’s employment are being destroyed.

    1863 days ago
  • Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. Picture: GCIS.

    [OPINION] Political sands are shifting, albeit slowly

    Judith February says in the months ahead we can expect some contradictory messages from the fractured ANC as one faction seeks to gain ground over the other.

    1863 days ago
  • FILE: Eskom CEO Brian Molefe. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Rantho: Explanations for Molefe reappointment unacceptable

    Zukiswa Rantho says explanations given by the Eskom board regarding Brian Molefe’s reinstatement as CEO were unacceptable.

    1863 days ago
  • FILE: Eskom CEO Brian Molefe. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Parly committee gives Eskom 14 days to hand over documents on Molefe

    Ngubane was hard pressed to convince the committee that Molefe’s reappointment was legal, saying the decision was based on the best legal advice.

    1863 days ago
  • FILE: Former Eskom board chairperson Ben Ngubane. Picture: Eyewitness News

    Eskom: ‘Questions are aplenty, answers are all over the show’

    Eskom failed at convincing Parliament’s public enterprises committee on the reinstatement of Brian Molefe as Eskom CEO, with the ANC equating their response 'perjury'.

    1864 days ago
  • FILE: Eskom CEO Brian Molefe looks on after tearing up following a discussion of former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela's 'State of Capture' report findings during a press conference in Johannesburg on 3 November 2016. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Molefe: Early retirement from Eskom based on fundamental mistake

    Eskom board chairperson Ben Ngubane has conceded the error and says it’s the basis for Brian Molefe’s reinstatement last week.

    1864 days ago
  • FILE: Brian Molefe speaks during a press conference in Johannesburg on 3 November 2016. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN.

    Reports: Molefe on unpaid leave at Eskom while he was MP

    M&G is reporting Minister Lynne Brown and Brian Molefe filed affidavits saying Molefe was on unpaid leave since ‘resigning’ from Eskom last year.

    1865 days ago
  • FILE: Eskom's offices at Megawatt Park in Johannesburg. Picture: Reinart Toerien/EWN

    Eskom denies paying millions to help Guptas secure coal mine

    Amabhungane has confirmed that Trillian companies invoiced Eskom a total of R419 million over a period of just nine months last year.

    1869 days ago
  • Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. Picture: GCIS.

    Brown commits to review of pension packages for execs in SOEs

    This after the reinstatement of Brian Molefe who caused a stir when it was reported that he would receive at R30m payout when he left five months ago.

    1874 days ago
  • Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN.

    Brown confident Eskom is financially stable

    Minister Lynne Brown was unsure of what credit rating agencies will make of Molefe's return, but she told reporters the power utility cannot be faulted on its finances.

    1874 days ago
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