Brown to explain Molefe's return to Eskom in parliament

The parliamentary briefing by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and the board of Eskom on the reappointment of Brian Molefe as Eskom group chief executive is now back on the agenda.

Parliament's communication services confirmed on Monday that Brown and the board would brief the portfolio committee on public enterprises on Tuesday.

Last Wednesday the committee decided to call Brown and the board for a briefing on Friday.

• IN FULL: Eskom is a victim of 'naked lies'‚ says chairmanEskom chairman Ben Ngubane on Friday repeated his denial of claims made by former minerals minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi‚ who has accused Ngubane and Eskom boss Brian Molefe of asking him to make decisions in favour of a Gupta-owned company. 

However‚ shortly thereafter the meeting was cancelled on the grounds that the matter was "sub judice" in the light of court action by the Democratic Alliance for an interdict against Molefe taking up the post and for the setting aside of his reappointment.

The committee said it was disappointed by the developments around Molefe's reappointment.

• Lynne Brown implicated in Gupta mine sagaPublic enterprises minister Lynne Brown has been drawn into the saga around how the influential Gupta family acquired a mine that gained lucrative contracts from power utility Eskom. 

Acting committee chairperson Zukiswa Rantho said Monday that Brown had been persuaded by the presiding officers of Parliament to appear before the committee to explain what had happened around the reappointment of Molefe without delving into the merits of the case which would be considered by the court.

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