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Consider candidates over 60 years for Eskom CEO appointment, Gordhan tells board

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pravingordanBL Premium reports that the exclusion of candidates above the age of 60 years for the top role at Eskom left vacant after the resignation of André de Ruyter seems to be one of the sticking points in an increasingly fractious relationship between the board and Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. 

In a letter dated 1 September to Eskom board chair Mpho Makwana, Gordhan told the board to also consider candidates above the age of 60 for the position of group CEO. “The board previously informed me that the candidates that were above 60 years of age were not considered for the vacant position of GCEO of Eskom. I therefore suggest that the board consider including candidates above 60,” the letter indicated. The embattled utility has been without a CEO since De Ruyter left the role in February. The Makwana-led board is said to have provided Gordhan with one name, believed to be the former head of group capital, Dan Marokane, for the position of CEO. Gordhan in the letter told Makwana that the recommendation of only one candidate fell short of the memorandum of incorporation (MOI) of Eskom and guidelines for the appointment of CEOs of state-owned enterprises. “As a result, I instruct the board to comply with the MOI and guidelines and recommend three appointable candidates to the shareholder for the vacant position of the GCEO of Eskom,” Gordhan wrote. Eskom said the board deliberated on Gordhan’s directive at its sitting of 4 September and its governance and strategy committee was applying its mind and working towards a speedy resolution.

  • Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Thando Maeko & Kabelo Khumalo at BusinessLive (subscriber access only)


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