Timeslive reports that disgraced Eskom executive Sean Maritz has submitted his resignation with immediate effect. The state-owned power utility's spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe confirmed that Maritz‚ who was on suspension as Head of Information Technology‚ submitted his resignation earlier on Thursday.
His disciplinary hearing‚ which was scheduled next week‚ will fall away as a result." Maritz‚ the former Chief Information Officer‚ was facing charges related to his approving a payment to a Hong Kong company after Eskom secured a R25-billion loan from the Chinese company Huarong Energy Africa‚ as well as for penning a letter to McKinsey & Company absolving it from paying back R 1.6-billion unlawfully paid to it and Trillian. Maritz was embroiled in another scandal when it was found he hired a friend and church buddy at Eskom and paid him a R100,000 monthly salary without declaring the friendship. Maritz is the latest in a long line of senior managers and executives to resign or be fired for various infractions of Eskom's internal policies.
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