The board was told to take seriously De Ruyter’s claims about wholesale graft at the embattled parastatal
Scopa was also told by the company’s legal head that André de Ruyter’s explosive television interview did not bring the utility into disrepute
The company posted a loss of R1.5 billion in 2020, the same year it last tabled an annual report
The Special Investigating Unit is owed R986 million by the state institutions it has investigated
The language used to describe Eskom’s crisis and the ways in which the utility’s management have divided into opposing camps offers fascinating insights
Not a single member of the state-owned weapons manufacturer, which has received taxpayer funded bailouts of R9 billion, put in an appearance at the meeting
Mpho Makwana says the selection process is being conducted behind closed doors, as is standard practice
The board released the former chief executive with immediate effect after he offered to go if this was its view
The former Eskom chief executive said he relayed all privately-gathered intelligence to the police and Minister Pravin Gordhan, and so did not breach his reporting duty
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The Hawks and SIU suggested to Scopa that the former Eskom chief lied about reporting fraud and corruption
Party says the move is to vindicate its ‘reputation’ but the timing suggests it’s a pre-emptive strike
The ruling party wants a retraction and apology from the former Eskom CEO for implicating it in crippling corruption at the power utility
Despite pressure from the standing committee on public accounts, the former Eskom boss stood firm, saying he was not willing to divulge identities
The former Eskom chief executive has in a submission to parliament reiterated his statement that cartels, notably in Mpumalanga, are milking the company dry
The former Eskom boss has alleged that two senior ANC leaders are involved in corruption at the mismanaged, looted and sabotaged power utility
Parliament’s Scopa wants Eskom to provide a “road map” for when load-shedding will end, saying the committee cannot hold the state-owned entity accountable without a timeline
The power utility says it is inaccurate to suggest that it has deliberately delayed the vetting process for its executives
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The public protector has already asked the president about a recording on the diversion of state funds for ANC election campaigns
The president, in a letter to a watchdog parliamentary committee, confirmed the authenticity of a leaked recording in which the problem is discussed, but said he was talking only to allegations made publicly by others
If the four-year Zondo inquiry into state capture is to be worth a billion rand, the NPA has to bring those who looted the country to book. Yet it has performed inadequately for more than a decade
The EFF is said to have indicated that it will be happy to give the ANC Johannesburg for Ekurhuleni and Scopa during preliminary negotiations
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The SIU told parliament the health department was so desperate to give Digital Vibes a communications contract that it flouted government procurement policies and allowed a 104% price inflation
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu denies she knew fraud-accused Edwin Sodi’s company won ‘Covid’ housing tenders
The minister and his management team appeared before parliament after another scathing auditor general report was tabled
National treasury and SIU flag gross misconduct in minister’s department with no heads rolling as millions keep disappearing
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From harbouring sexual offenders, settling a near R4-million claim, to an investigation into maladministration, fraud and corruption; this is the Dr Beyers Naudé local municipality in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape.
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Parliamentary committee laments that corruption ‘screws citizens over twice,’ Scopa chair says
Scopa ‘disappointed’ by slow pace and lack of consequences on Beitbridge irregularities.
Mkhuleko Hlengwa has pointed to people in Eskom or the public enterprises department for making the document public
The Special Investigating Unit found that companies were awarded tenders despite not qualifying for the contracts.
The department of public enterprises is concerned that the proposed sale of assets threatens its plans to engineer SAA 2.0
Eskom is stuck in a tricky situation and doesn’t have the wholehearted support of MPs when it comes to recouping its money