NUMSA condemns decision by Eskom to re-instate Matshela Koko
06 January 2018
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) condemns the decision by the Eskom board to re-instate Eskom’s former acting CEO Matshela Koko and Acting head of group capital Prish Govender to their positions.
Koko was disciplined for nepotism and failing to declare a conflict of interest regarding his step-daughters ownership of shares in a company which was awarded more than a billion rand in contracts by an Eskom division which he led. Prish Govender was implicated in the scandal involving consulting firm McKinsey where he is alleged to have paid monies to the firm, in a contract which has since been declared unlawful and void by Eskom. Koko will resume his duties on Monday as Head of Generation, whilst Govender will be re-instated as head of Group Capital after a dodgy disciplinary process cleared them of all charges.
Eskom has found creative ways to reward thievery and corruption!
NUMSA is disturbed that there seems to be a pattern emerging at Eskom where processes are abused in order to ensure that certain compromised executives are protected from taking responsibility for corruption. Last year the board tried to legitimize Brian Molefe’s return as CEO of the power utility, in spite of damning corruption allegations against him by the Public Protector because of his cozy relationship with the Gupta family. And when that failed, the board manipulated pension fund rules in order to justify an outrageous pension payout of R30 million!