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Eskom again condemns the false and malicious reporting by Independent Newspapers, as well as smear campaigns by corrupt elements
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Eskom again condemns the false and malicious reporting by Independent Newspapers, as well as smear campaigns by corrupt elements
Eskom accused of snubbing contractor at centre of the storm
By Karabo Ngoepe
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Johannesburg - With Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter being called to account for the allegations of purging black suppliers and undermining the role of black managers, the contractor at the centre of the storm – Econ Oil – says she still has not been contacted by the power utility.
Econ Oil s Nothemba Mlonzi has told the Sunday Independent that her company has still not been called to make representation or told of their R5.2-billion fuel supply contract status.
The company and Eskom are at loggerheads over the cancellation of the R5.2-billion contract.
Eskom’s suspended chief procurement officer (CPO), Solly Tshitangano, has been central to the scuppering of the past two meetings between the power utility and the parliamentary spending watchdog, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa).
Lawmakers twice decided that without Tshitangano they could not fully interrogate Eskom procurement deviations the subject of a meeting on 23 February and again on Wednesday.
Then, on the eve of Wednesday’s Scopa meeting, came Tshitangano’s correspondence claiming nepotism, irregular decision-making and contract manipulation by Eskom CEO André de Ruyter, addressed to Public Enterprises Director-General Kgathatso Tlhakudi, and copied to all Scopa members, the Auditor-General, the State Capture Commission and the National Treasury.