Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has slammed the reappointment of Matshela Koko and Prish Govender at power utility Eskom, saying this flew in the face of complying with the rule of law and undermined efforts to restore confidence in the economy.

BLSA said it was shocked and dismayed that Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown had approved the decision, which Eskom confirmed on Wednesday, to reinstate Koko into his former role as group executive of power generation and Govender as acting group executive for group capital after they were cleared in disciplinary hearings.