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Government complicit in crime at Eskom, brigadier says

Jaap Burger suggested there was resistance to tackling syndicates in a concerted manner

Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan. (Reuters)

NEC rejects Gordhan’s SOE presentation

The NEC allegedly suggested that President Cyril Ramaphosa explore giving the electricity minister more powers at Eskom

Pravin Gordhan
2018 – present. Photo: Bongiwe Gumede/Gallo Images/Foto24

Gordhan’s dangerous board games

The minister’s conduct was called into question during this week’s national working committee meeting, sources said

Former Eskom chair Makgoba calls out ‘meddlesome’ Pravin Gordhan

The minister’s leadership style is marred by micro-management and interference, according to industry leaders

The Naicker family: cashing in on government dysfunction

The Naicker family built a multi-billion-rand empire renting water tankers and yellow plant to government. Bitter family feuds and allegations of collusion threaten to bring them…

Former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter. (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images)

SIU accuses De Ruyter of maladministration

Andy Mothibi tells MPs the former Eskom CEO could face legal action

Eskom acting chief executive, Calib Cassim said Eskom’s request amounts to R445 billion for 2025-26, R495 billion for 2026-27 and R537 billion for 2027-28, translated to electricity price hikes of 36.1% in 2025, 11.8% in 2026 and 9.1% in 2027.
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Cassim is ‘not interested in Eskom’s top job’

Acting chief executive says he still has work to do in his financial role at the utility

Former Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer has parted ways with the embattled power utility . (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Eskom board dithers over suspending Oberholzer for his part in Fidelity security contract

Sources say the board will wait until the investigation is completed before making a decision

Andre de Ruyter. File photo by Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Eskom board squandered chance to question De Ruyter on corruption allegations – Scopa

The board was told to take seriously De Ruyter’s claims about wholesale graft at the embattled parastatal

Eskom chief executive Dan Marokane says coal is important for the country to drive industrialisation. (Getty Images)

It’s business vs business in fight over Eskom probe funding

Business Unity South Africa’s chief executive has accused the organisation’s president of throwing the lobby under the bus in a meeting with the president

Brigadier Jap Burger is central to the fraud and corruptions claims made by the power utility’s former chief executive André de Ruyter. (David Harrison)

Fearing his safety, top cop skips parliament hearing on Eskom graft

Brigadier Jap Burger is central to the fraud and corruptions claims made by the power utility’s former chief executive

Eskom board chairperson Mpho Makwana. Photo: Getty Images

Eskom chair: Leaked candidate list undermines interview process

Mpho Makwana says the selection process is being conducted behind closed doors, as is standard practice

Former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter. (Gallo Images / Brenton Geach)

Scopa to tell De Ruyter to submit Eskom intelligence report

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…

Brigadier Jap Burger is central to the fraud and corruptions claims made by the power utility’s former chief executive André de Ruyter. (David Harrison)

Scopa to recall former Eskom boss André de Ruyter

The parliamentary committee will also call Business Unity South Africa’s head to talk about the intelligence probe the former chief executive initiated

Truth to Power extract: Setting a billion rand on fire

Chapter 15 of the former Eskom boss’s explosive book deals with corruption at Tutuku power station in Mpumalanga