Molefe reappointment: Cope, DA protest outside Eskom HQ
15 May 2017
Johannesburg - A group of Cope and Democratic Alliance supporters braved a cold Monday morning to protest outside Eskom's Megawatt Park in Midrand, Johannesburg, saying they did not want Brian Molefe to be reappointed as CEO of the parastatal.
Molefe was reappointed as CEO by the Eskom board last Friday after a dispute over a R30m pension pay-out, and an extra R7m for early retirement.
DA public enterprises spokesperson Natasha Mazzone said it was a symbolic protest, and that Molefe was not fit and proper to hold the position. She said he should stick to his initial decision to step down in the interests of good corporate governance.
"We are here to let Brian Molefe know that we are not happy that he has been reappointed CEO of Eskom. We think that his overnight resignation as an MP, and the reappointment of him as CEO, is unacceptable. We thought that his appointment as an MP was unacceptable at the time too," said Mazzone.