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Eskom's CEO barred from offices - S. African media

Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:40am EST

* Eskom to issue statement later on Wednesday

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* Reports say Maroga prevented from entering premises

JOHANNESBURG, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The chief executive of South African state power firm Eskom [ESCJ.UL] has been barred from entering his offices in a dispute with the board of the company, local media said on Wednesday.

Bloomberg quoted a spokesman for the utility as saying the board no longer considered Jacob Maroga to be the CEO, but other Eskom officials declined to comment on the report. They said there would be a statement later on Wednesday.

Maroga had returned to work on Monday after apparently winning out in a power struggle with chairman Bobby Godsell, who resigned the same day and who had earlier told staff that Maroga himself had resigned.

The two clashed over how to run the firm, which is struggling to keep South Africa's lights on. Maroga's supporters had accused his enemies of trying to force the CEO out because he is black. [ID:nL9516527]

Maroga on Monday sent a letter to the Minister for Public Enterprises Barbara Hogan, under whose jurisdiction the utility falls, stating that he was back at work and would continue as Eskom's head. (Reporting by Agnieszka Flak; Editing by Matthew Tostevin)

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