Justice Minister Michael Masutha, who led the inter-ministerial committee, made the announcement on Wednesday during a press briefing at Parliament.
The governing party’s leadership also warned its members against falling into the hands of the opposition.
What exactly did Brian Mofele do at Eskom? Did he resign, retire or go on unpaid leave?
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Even those fighting the Guptas and Zuma are merely positioning themselves for proximity to the leftovers at the trough.
The one person who was under no obligation whatsoever to conceal the truth about his resignation was the Eskom boss himself.
There are many amusing contradictions between the stories about Brian Molefe and how he came to resign/retire/be retrenched/return as Eskom CEO.
Liquidators appointed to wind up a mining company are accusing the couple of using ‘sham’ documents to lay claim to lucrative mining rights.
Under a new agreement, Molefe is now formally considered to have been on “unpaid leave” during the period he served as an MP.
Cabinet ministers and the top six are at odds with each other over his reappointment as Eskom boss.
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Molefe agreed to return to the post of Eskom chief executive last week after resigning as an ANC MP.
News broke that Molefe would return to his former job at Eskom next week after he and the board could not come to an agreement over a pension payout.
It will ‘impossible’ to fund nuclear power after the downgrades by ratings agencies.
The parastatal accused a retired judge of bias and gross irregularity for ‘turning a blind eye’ to its evidence.
The court has instructed government to consider how projects would contribute to climate change.
A new coal-fired utility planned for Limpopo will contribute to global warming, and climate change will affect its ability to run efficiently.
Earthlife says the threat of global warming must form part of environmental impact assessments.
Nationalisation would leave people at the mercy of a government that has already proven to be self-serving and intent on growing personal wealth.
Molefe is due to be sworn in as Member of Parliament this week, amidst speculation that a Cabinet reshuffle is imminent.
Questions are being asked about why the utility’s directors kept the damning report under wraps.
The utility says revealing a legal probe’s damning findings would have added ‘too much pressure’
The utility has an oversupply, which calls into question the need for a big nuclear spend.
The electricity generator is done with compassion and, backed by a court ruling, could do more than interrupt power in non-paying municipalities.
The utility and the nuclear energy corporation were handed the nuke build baton but it needs treasury’s approval – the country is on the fiscal edge.
The state utility could thrive if it splits its generation and transmission businesses, writes Bruce Raw.
Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson and Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown have done little to pull Eskom into line.
Koko has worked at the state power utility since 1996 and replaces Brian Molefe.
The evidence suggests that the Gupta-linked firm was the power utility’s ‘middle man’.
The utility’s heir apparent has also been tainted by Gupta deals — and might not be up to the job.