Saftu welcomes appointment of new Eskom CEO, board chair
(World News South Africa)

Johannesburg - The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has welcomed the appointment of power utility Eskom`s new board, to be chaired by Telkom board chairman Jabu Mabuza. `Saftu wishes them well in the colossal task that lies ahead of them - to rescue a vital part of South Africa´s economic infrastructure from bankruptcy and implosion, which would have potentially catastrophic consequences for consumers, workers, and economic activity as a whole,` Saftu said in a statement on Sunday. `The former board was deeply implicated in acts of corruption and mismanagement and had lost all credibility. It had to go and those implicated directors and executives must now face...