BusinessLive reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Monday that former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe must not be allowed to perform any duty at the power utility until the completion of his labour court case.  

Molefe has approached the Labour Court urgently to have his dismissal from Eskom declared unlawful and void.  This was after the board rescinded his reappointment, following a directive from Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown.  Before the decision to rescind his reappointment, the DA had approached the high court in a bid to overturn Molefe’s reappointment.  The DA’s James Selfe said on Monday that the party would continue with that application.  Meantime, an order would be sought in the high court on Tuesday "by agreement" that Molefe would not perform any duties at Eskom subject to the completion of the labour court matter, "whereafter the DA’s review application would be set down for hearing.”  The DA intends to also intervene in Molefe’s labour court proceedings.  On Monday, lawyers for Eskom were still finalising its responding affidavit in the labour court matter and had not filed papers.

• Read this report by Genevieve Quintal in full at BusinessLive
• See too, DA wants to ensure Molefe does not return to Eskom, at EWN

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