Until the R150m Digital Vibes scandal exploded into the public domain, health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize was the credible and hardworking face of government on the health implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, and government responses to the illness. Now Mkhize has apologised for a dubious tender award, and direct benefits to his family, including cash and a bakkie to his son Dedani.
Eskom and long-time fuel oil supplier Econ Oil are embroiled in a bitter legal battle over a five-year multibillion-rand tender awarded in 2019 with arguments in the case expected to be heard over three days this week in the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg.
The Eskom Files. Graphic: Rudi Louw
The managing director of Econ Oil, Nothemba Mlonzi, has admitted in court papers to acting improperly, if not corruptly in interfering with the award of a multibillion-rand fuel oil tender, according to an affidavit by Eskom CEO André de Ruyter.
De Ruyter s court papers, filed in Eskom s ongoing review of an October 2019 tender award of which Econ was assigned the lion s share of a R14 billion, five-year fuel oil supply deal, set out in detail why Eskom believes the award should be set aside.