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Eskom finances imperiled by false racism allegation, probe finds
‘Despite knowing that these allegations of racism were wrong, egregious, false, baseless, and lacking any substantiation, the CPO did not publicly deny them,’ Semenya said.
By Loni Prinsloo and Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg
3 Jun 2021 13:06
Andre de Ruyter Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg
Eskomâs fired Chief Procurement Officer Solly Tshitangano endangered the company finances by making racism allegations against the chief executive officer that he later retracted, an official investigation has found.
The allegations against CEO Andre de Ruyter were made in letters from Tshitangano to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the public enterprises minister, parliament, the National Treasury and a judicial investigation into state graft, Ishmael Semenya, an advocate hired by Eskom to probe the allegations, said in his findings. Tshitangano denied that he accused De Ruyter of racism in
Andrede Ruyter, chief executive of state-owned power utility Eskom. Picture: Sumaya Hisham/Reuters
Eskom’s fired Chief Procurement Officer Solly Tshitangano endangered the company finances by making racism allegations against the chief executive officer that he later retracted, an official investigation has found.
The allegations against CEO Andre de Ruyter were made in letters from Tshitangano to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the public enterprises minister, parliament, the National Treasury and a judicial investigation into state graft, Ishmael Semenya, an advocate hired by Eskom to probe the allegations, said in his findings. Tshitangano denied that he accused De Ruyter of racism in the hearing, Semenya said.
Rorisang Kgosana Solly Tshitangano says Eskom fabricated charges against him, hoping his dismissal would silence him after he had accused De Ruyter of abuse of power. Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter. Picture: Moneyweb Sacked Eskom chief procurement officer (CPO) Solly Tshitangano said he s not surprised by the dismissal of allegations of racism he laid against chief executive officer (CEO) Andre De Ruyter, claiming the power utility has a trend of victimising whistleblowers. Tshitangano had accused De Ruyter of abuse of power, racial discrimination, irregular recruitment and unlawful procurement, but a report by senior advocate Ishmael Semenya, who was appointed by the Eskom board to probe such allegations, dismissed all the claims. No substance to Tshitangano s allegations After interviewing witnesses and considering 1107 pages of documents, Semenya re