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De Ruyter accuses suspended exec of facilitating R8bn in deals with company suspected of fraud.
By Antony Sguazzin and Loni Prinsloo, Bloomberg
9 Apr 2021 13:19
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter. Image: Dwayne Senior, Bloomberg
A fallout between top executives at Eskom took a new turn, with the South African power utilityâs chief executive officer accusing its now-suspended chief procurement officer of facilitating R8 billion of deals with a company suspected of fraud.
Eskom concluded the fuel oil supply contracts with Econ Oil & Energy even though a probe commissioned by the utility found there was reason to suspect its sole director Nothemba Mlonzi had a corrupt relationship with senior Eskom manager Thandi Marah. Both Marah and Mlonzi have declined to comment.
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A fallout between top executives at Eskom took a new turn, with the utility’s CEO accusing its now-suspended chief procurement officer of facilitating R8-billion of deals with a company suspected of fraud.
Eskom concluded the fuel oil supply contracts with Econ Oil & Energy even though a probe commissioned by the utility found there was reason to suspect its sole director, Nothemba Mlonzi, had a corrupt relationship with senior Eskom manager Thandi Marah. Both Marah and Mlonzi have declined to comment.
Solly Tshitangano, the procurement officer, has been charged by Eskom with “failing to investigate alleged overcharging and corrupt practices by Econ,” André de Ruyter, the utility’s CEO, said in a 29 March affidavit to the parliament’s public accounts committee. Tshitangano allowed the deals to go ahead “despite receiving legal advice that such contracts should not be concluded, and a request from me to heed