Eskom denies appointment because of race

Eskom has rejected a claim by the trade union Solidarity that it turned down a coloured man for a job because he was too white to benefit from the company's affirmative action programme. Eskom spokesperson Fani Zulu says Leon Christiaans, whose racism complaint is being privately arbitrated, was never offered the specialist position in question. News24 reports that Christiaans claims Eskom unjustly discriminated against him on the grounds of his race. He said he had been informed that a promotion that had been offered to him had been withdrawn and the position offered to a black candidate. However, Zulu says the post was never offered to Christiaans. The arbitration continues.