Eskom appoints new CEO

Dames, an Eskom veteran of more than 20-years' standing, was always the favoured internal candidate to get the job, which was controversially left vacant by Jacob Maroga in November last year, following a stormy board meeting in late October.

Ahead of the appointment, Dames (hitherto chief officer of Eskom's generation business) had managed to earn some support from two of the group's key trade unions, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Solidarity.