While the government has been criticised for selecting a white executive as Eskom CEO, a new report from the Sunday Times states that 27 black executives were offered the position first.
They all declined.
The report stated that Eskom created a list of the executives it would like for the role of CEO and hired a recruitment agency to contact them.
“All of them said no. A lot of black executives don’t want anything to do with state-owned entities,” a government source told the newspaper.
This was due to the expected political interference and the fact that state-owned enterprises have “ruined a lot of careers and expectations”.
This list reportedly included Eskom board members Nelisiwe Magubane and Sifiso Dabengwa.
White CEO
Following the lack of interest from these executives, it was announced that Nampak CEO Andre de Ruyter would take the position at the head of Eskom.
The National Union of Mineworkers and the National Union of Metalwor
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