children birth_place parents birth_date spouse image article_title born occupation
three daughters johannesburg , south africa cyril harold & winnefred godsell 14 september 1952 gillian hall robert godsell.jpg bobby godsell
 robert michael godsell national planning commission of south africa
bobby godsell

robert michael `` bobby '' godsell -lrb- born 14 september 1952 in johannesburg -rrb- is a retired south african businessman and the former ceo of south african gold mining company anglogold ashanti , a position he held from 1998 to 2007 .
he was the non-executive chairman of eskom from 2008 to 2009 and was appointed to the national planning commission of south africa by south african president jacob zuma on 30 april 2010 .
his departure from eskom in 2009 was under controversial circumstances , caused by a board room struggle with the company 's ceo , jacob maroga .
godsell decided to resign while maoga was later sacked .
godsell found himself accused of racism but was defended by both num -lrb- national union of mineworkers -rrb- and the anc -lrb- african national congress -rrb- .
