Business consultant Nick Linnell was asked by the former chair of SAA, Dudu Myeni, to conduct a hastily arranged probe into Eskom in 2015. Linnell has defended the suspension even though the executives never faced any allegations of wrongdoing. The abrupt and unexpected suspensions of the senior officials caused turmoil in early 2015, and directly contributed to the hiking of the utility's borrowing costs. After the senior executives were suspended, Brian Molefe and Anoj Singh joined the power utility. Linnell, in his closing remarks, said that he had no idea at the time that those who were suspended would not return to Eskom.

Source: News 24 October 06, 2020 13:26 UTC