Jaap Burger suggested there was resistance to tackling syndicates in a concerted manner
The acting chief executive said it was imperative to bridge the gap of 4000 to 6000 megawatts of dispatchable capacity
Andy Mothibi tells MPs the former Eskom CEO could face legal action
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 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
The decision came after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security adviser, Sydney Mufamadi, said the former CEO never told him the report implicated a senior ANC politician in corruption at the utility
The parliamentary committee will also call Business Unity South Africa’s head to talk about the intelligence probe the former chief executive initiated
Instead of meeting engineers, the former Eskom chief executive was busy with his ghostwriters
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The public enterprises minister says the former Eskom board chairperson, Malegapuru Makgoba, misled and misinformed parliament and the public
The public enterprises minister appears before parliament’s standing committee on public accounts regarding corruption at the power utility
Ex-Eskom boss and former chairperson deny the intelligence on the ANC’s complicity in graft at the utility was withheld
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The former Eskom chairperson said a maligned investigation initiated by former CEO Andre de Ruyter was first mooted by the minister
The former Eskom boss has alleged that two senior ANC leaders are involved in corruption at the mismanaged, looted and sabotaged power utility
The Road Accident Fund has been in a tussle with the auditor general over the use of accounting standards.
The former Eskom chief executive has accepted an invitation to make submissions to the standing committee on public accounts
MPs must find a way to handle André de Ruyter’s allegations and a protected disclosure accusing Pravin Gordhan of wrongdoing in the SAA sale
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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 tide is turning, impunity is no longer a given, says national prosecutions boss Shamila Batoyi
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The Spanish locomotives procured in an infamous state capture deal will be adjusted to run on local railway lines in an agreement designed to ensure the company recovers R1-billion of the money it lost
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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
ANC MP Mervyn Dirks has asked Busisiwe Mkhwebane to investigate Ramaphosa’s ‘failure to report corruption’
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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 Hawks and the NPA want to boost forensic investigative capacity to get back more money lost to corruption
The minister and his management team appeared before parliament after another scathing auditor general report was tabled
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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But the president told reporters that he would not decide Zweli Mkhize’s future in cabinet before the outcome of the Special Investigating Unit probe
This decision is despite the finance minister and the bank’s chief executive dismissing the UDM leader’s allegations as unfounded
Mango’s spokesperson would not disclose the low-cost airline’s debt — which led to a brief suspension of flights — but described it as ‘huge’
Mkhuleko Hlengwa has pointed to people in Eskom or the public enterprises department for making the document public