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Projects like the Medupi and Kusile (above) power stations, which experienced extended timelines and higher-than-planned costs, highlight the complexities involved in large-scale infrastructure delivery within parts of South Africa’s public sector
ASEA BROWN BOVERI

ABB to pay R2.5bn in punitive reparations to SA for corrupt Eskom deal

The money will be used to improve South Africa’s ability to fight serious corruption

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
Former acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)
ANOJ SINGH

Koko, wife and stepdaughters arrested over Kusile power station contract

The three face charges of fraud and corruption stemming from a crooked deal with Swiss engineering firm Asea Brown Boveri

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read
Eskom will have to look for money to buy more diesel because the treasury will not advance it more funding than it already has.
ASEA BROWN BOVERI

Four arrested for corruption in Eskom deal on Kusile power station

The suspects are two men who worked for Swiss engineering firm ABB and allegedly ensured lucrative deals were handed to a company in which former Eskom chief executive Matshela…

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read