Stefaans Brmmer
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/ 8 February 2008

Moosa in R38-billion tender conflict

Eskom board chair Valli Moosa presided over the parastatal giving contracts worth billions to African National Congress (ANC) funding company Chancellor House — while also serving on the ANC’s fundraising committee. Eskom would not say this week whether Moosa had declared a conflict of interest or recused himself when his board decided on the contracts.

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/ 31 January 2008

ANC’s power grab

A consortium that includes ANC investment company Chancellor House has signed another mega contract with Eskom, almost doubling the ruling party’s stake in — and expected profit from — the parastatal’s drive to build new power stations. Eskom’s five-year capacity expansion programme, designed to catch up with rising electricity demand and prevent further blackouts, has been ramped up and will now top R300-billion.

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/ 18 January 2008

Agliotti fingers Gauteng director general

Gauteng’s top official, provincial Director General Mogopodi Mokoena, co-owned a company with Brett Kebble’s murderer, Clint Nassif, and accepted a R250 000 cheque from him. Mokoena’s links with Nassif were among issues raised by Glenn Agliotti in an affidavit the National Prosecuting Authority submitted to court last week in response to Jackie Selebi’s application to block his prosecution.

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/ 21 December 2007

ANC purse raises questions

The ANC, its outgoing treasurer said in Polokwane this week, repaid the R11-million Oilgate “donation” immediately it appeared there was a dispute about it. So why is state oil company PetroSA — read the taxpayer — still owed millions? Mendi Msimang’s acknowledgment was the first clear confirmation by an ANC official, two and a half years after the Mail & Guardian broke the story, that the party had received the money.