On 31 July 2020, the Mail & Guardian published an article with the headline “Eskom cancels dodgy R100m tender”. The headline was false and no contract was ever cancelled between Eskom and IDS Africa as no tender was awarded for the maintenance of boiler tubes at Medupi Power Station. IDS Africa was not found guilty […]
A falling out between partners in the controversial R100-million contract to do boiler tube maintenance at Eskom’s Medupi power station is threatening to scupper the entire project. The Mail & Guardian has learned that a falling out between former Eskom chairperson Jabu Mabuza’s relative Nomvula Mabuza and her former partner Drazan Vrca has escalated to […]
Eskom’s negotiators in a R100-million maintenance contract came back with a proposal to push up the costs
Eskom’s woes are often because of boiler problems at its power plants. R50-billion has been set aside to fix them, but some of the contracts are going to questionable entities