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KwaZulu-Natal residents who are unemployed, financially struggling and hungry have lambasted Eskom’s proposed 36.1% tariff hike. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
BERNARD MORAKA

‘Deplorable’ R35m Eskom fraudsters receive 20-year jail term

Bernard Moraka and Victor Tshabalala defrauded Eskom to the tune of almost R35-million over 32 months through 53 bogus transactions

  • Khaya Koko
4 min read
Eskom has threatened to disconnect the City of Tshwane after the metro failed to pay its outstanding debt of R1.6-billion.
BERNARD MORAKA

Eskom R35m fraud sentencing stalled by death of relative

Bernard Moraka and Victor Tshabalala were expected to be sentenced over their two-and-a-half-year stealing campaign

  • Khaya Koko
2 min read
Eskom told the Mail & Guardian it had only received a R9 billion World Bank loan to decommission its coal-fired Komati power station. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
BERNARD MORAKA

Former Eskom finance controller found guilty of R35m fraud

Bernard Moraka and Victor Tshabalala, the director of a coal transport company, defrauded the power utility by claiming payments for work not done

  • Khaya Koko
3 min read