Public Enterprise Minister Barbara Hogan on Friday said she wanted normality restored at Eskom.

The power giant was left in a leadership vacuum after its board chairman Bobby Godsell quit on Monday, just days after he announced chief executive Jacob Maroga had stepped down.

Acting chairman Mpho Makwana is now covering both positions.

The Black Management Forum has criticised Makwana's dual role, saying it does not promote transformation within the company.

Hogan has struck back, saying Makwana is the right man for the job, for now at least.

"With this kind of arrangement it provides firm leadership. Mister Makwana is a man of great measure, dignity and skill So we're very confident."

The minister has also made it clear she wants Godsell.

"There was never any pressure for Bobby Godsell to leave. In fact we would be very grateful if he would reconsider his position."

Lindie Engelbrect, from the Institute of Directors, said political interference in Eskom's affairs was not a surprise because of its status as a parastatal.

"In the public sector it becomes very blurred. The shareholder, and the minister specifically, appoints the board but the shareholder, specifically the minister again, has the right to appoint the CEO."