We stand by our Bowmans status report
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The Daily News and The Star have noted Eskomâs statement and an attempt to undermine the report published last week about Bowmansâ status on the Eskom Database panel.
We stand by our story, and the facts in the story that Eskom has not disputed, nor refuted.
In its statement, Eskom accepts that Bowmans is not in the current panel of attorneys, which is the centre of the story.
The company did not provide any proof of the now alleged arrangement with the National Treasury.
If the National Treasury arrangement existed, the head of Legal, Nerina Otto, would not have been confused about the mandate and legality of the contract of Bowmans, as revealed in her email.
EXCLUSIVE: Eskom lied about Bowmans mandate
By Thabo Makwakwa
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DURBAN - IN AN ONGOING battle between Eskom and Econ Oil & Energy, new evidence obtained by the Daily News suggests that Eskom executives, led by the entity’s chief executive André de Ruyter may have overstepped their mandate and illegally appointed Bowmans law firm in an effort to push out the black female-owned fuel supplier.
In what sources close to developments have termed a carefully co-ordinated approach, insiders and evidence suggest that Eskom misrepresented the truth when it claimed in some media reports that its suspended chief procurement officer, Solly Tshitangano, with three other officials, allegedly cancelled Bowman’s investigation without the knowledge of chief operating officer, Jan Oberholzer.
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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
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