THE LIFE OF BRIAN
Brian Molefe has come full circle. From his tearful resignation from Eskom in November last year to a stint as a member of parliament, he is now to be reappointed as Eskom CEO, a move which has drawn outrage and has been labelled as just another way for t
South Africa’s opposition parties said yesterday an urgent high court action would be launched to interdict Brian Molefe from returning to Eskom.
Leaders of opposition parties, including the Economic Freedom Fighters, Democratic Alliance (DA), African People’s Convention (APC) and the United Democratic Movement, as well as civic organisations Save SA and Freedom Movement, slammed Molefe’s return to take the helm at Eskom, and accused President Jacob Zuma of “running a Gupta State”.
“It has become quite clear that the sovereignty of our nation has been donated to the private interests of a family. Brian Molefe does not even belong in parliament, he should face criminal charges,” said DA leader Mmusi Maimane.
“We believe there are grounds to interdict this move and we have instructed our team to launch a court action. We maintain that parliament must deal with Molefe in the same way it dealt with the SABC.”
The parties said this latest saga involving Molefe, who had served as MP for only two months after his resignation from Eskom, was a signature move by the controversial Gupta family.
APC’s Themba Godi, also chairperson of parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), said the committee would be addressing the Eskom coal contracts with the Gupta-owned Tegeta company, which were never approved by Treasury.
“Reports we received indicate that something was not right with the way the contracts were structured. Those responsible for negotiating those contracts must be held accountable. It cannot be that a man who left Eskom under a dark cloud with intention to clear his name can then walk back like that,” he said.
Brian Molefe does not even belong in parliament, he should face criminal charges. Mmusi Maimane Democratic Alliance leader