Lynne Brown

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Lynne Brown quits parliament after Cabinet axing

Just four days after being fired as minister of public enterprise‚ Lynne Brown has resigned as ANC MP. Brown's decision to quit as a member of the national assembly was announced by the office of ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu on Thursday. Brown is among several ministers who were axed from their position by President Cyril Ramaphosa in a cabinet reshuffle on Monday. As public enterprises minister‚ Brown had a […]

today1 March 2018

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Public Protector finds Brown ‘inadvertently’ misled Parliament about Eskom-Trillian

The Public Protector has found that Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown misled the National Assembly when she denied there were engagements between power utility Eskom and the Gupta-linked company Trillian Capital Partners. This is according to a report issued by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to the DA on Thursday. “Minister Brown inadvertently misled Parliament in her assertion that there were no other contracts of engagement concluded between Eskom and […]

today23 February 2018

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DA, EFF head to court over Brian Molefe

The DA and the EFF will approach the High Court in Pretoria on Tuesday morning in a bid to have Eskom CEO Brian Molefe’s re-appointment reviewed. Molefe was reappointed as CEO of the parastatal by the Eskom board on Friday, May 12, after a dispute over a R30m pension pay-out, and an extra R7m for early retirement. Public Enterprises Minster Lynne Brown had initially objected to the Eskom board's proposed […]

today6 June 2017

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Remove entire Eskom board: Save SA

The Save South Africa campaign has welcomed government’s instruction to Eskom to remove Brian Molefe as its CEO. The move confirmed the value of civil society’s opposition to underhanded attempts to manoeuvre him back into office, it said in a statement on Wednesday. “Given the rot at Eskom and the pivotal role the power utility plays in funding state capture, we believe government should go at least one step further […]

today1 June 2017

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