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18 May 2012

Who would be Koos Smit, the man selected acting CE at the embattled South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral), following the ill-timed, yet understandable, resignation of Nazir Alli....

10 Jun 2011

Gigaba regrets ‘premature’ announcement of Eskom, Denel board changes

STATE ENTERPRISES

Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba expressed regret on Friday over the fact he had not been able to inform incumbent board members at Eskom and Denel of Cabinet-approved changes to the...

09 Jun 2011

Overhaul of Eskom board to have no executive spill over

ESKOM LEADERSHIP

Cabinet has endorsed a major overhaul of the board of State-owned power utility Eskom, including the nomination of a new chairperson, Zola Tsotsi, who will be proposed for the position at the...

07 Dec 2010

Cosatu: Statement by Patrick Craven, Congress of South African Trade Unions spokesperson, responding to “the billionaires are back” (07/12/2010)

Statements

The Congress of South African Trade Unions has for many years been highlighting the gross levels of inequality in South Africa, which have made us the most unequal society in the world.
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Workers suffer while CEOs earn big – Cosatu

INCOME INEQUALITY

Inequality in South Africa is even worse than previously thought, the Congress of South African Trade Unions said on Monday.

17 Jun 2010

Daily podcast - June 17, 2010

PODCAST

In today's podcast, Eskom names Brian Dames as its new CEO; Unesco delays the awarding of a controversial life sciences prize; and SA may pay a future penalty for World Cup strike action.

16 Jun 2010

New Eskom CEO Dames faces baptism of labour-relations fire

ESKOM LEADERSHIP

The board of power utility Eskom has appointed Brian Dames (44) as CEO of the company, starting July 1.

02 Jun 2010

Eskom identifies CEO candidate, expects to make announcement in June

ESKOM LEADERSHIP

State-owned electricity utility Eskom expects to be in a position to name its new CEO during June, having already directed the name of its preferred candidate to government.

Eskom recovers to R3,6bn profit, but culls R15bn worth of capex in the process

ESKOM RESULTS

State-owned power utility Eskom reported a solid turnaround in its financial performance for the year to March 31, 2010, recovering from a whopping R9,7-billion loss in 2008/9 to record a...

24 May 2010

State-owned enterprises to be investigated

PARASTATALS

Government intelligence agencies plan to launch an investigation into 'instability' at State-owned enterprises (SOEs), the Sunday Independent reported.

03 May 2010

Daily podcast - May 3, 2010

PODCAST

In today's podcast, ANCYL leader Julius Malema to face a disciplinary hearing; the EU says that it will not impose trade sanctions on African States; and, Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina says...

Maroga will not be reinstated as Eskom CEO — court

ESKOM LEADERSHIP

Former Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga would not be reinstated to his position even though his termination was found to be illegal by the High Court in Johannesburg, the Sunday Independent reported.

15 Mar 2010

DA: Statement by Pieter van Dalen, Democratic Alliance shadow deputy minister of public enterprises, on Eskom (15/03/2010)

Statements

In response to a parliamentary question posed by the Democratic Alliance (DA), Eskom has refused to divulge information on its short to medium term contracts. The response to the parliamentary...

24 Feb 2010

DA: Statement by Manie van Dyk, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises, on the Eskom tariff hikes (24/02/2010)

Statements

The announcement today from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa that we will see electricity tariff hikes in the region of 25% over the next three years will place an enormous burden...

01 Feb 2010

DA: Statement by Manie van Dyk, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Public Enterprises, on Eskom (01/02/2010)

Statements

The series of new revelations concerning Eskom in general and its acquisition of a new power plant in particular constitute a critical mass of maladministration and mismanagement; and, the DA...

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