Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan has warned former Eskom managers to leave their replacements alone and let current board members do their job.
“We would like to send a message to those who like to issue tweets, former managers in Eskom: can you please take your hands off Eskom?” Gordhan said during a media briefing in Johannesburg on Thursday afternoon.
Gordhan – with Eskom chair Jabu Mabuza, Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe and other board members – was addressing the media on the affairs at the power utility.
It was not entirely clear who Gordhan was referring to, but former acting CEO Matshela Koko has been a vocal critic of Eskom’s new leadership on Twitter since his resignation earlier this year...