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Business Report writes that Eskom group CE Phakamani Hadebe has vowed to root out corruption at the power utility, vowing that the executive would leave no stone unturned in its efforts to clean up the state-owned enterprise.
He admitted during a media briefing on Friday that corruption had wide tentacles within the organisation, where those in leadership positions had influenced subordinates to take certain decisions. However, he said those accused of wrongdoing would be held to account no matter what their level of seniority. Hadebe, who was appointed to his position earlier this year after President Cyril Ramaphosa rose to power, said 1,049 investigations had been launched, with 822 finalised. He advised that 79 people had exited the company, while 250 had been suspended without pay. “That’s an achievement for us,” he said, noting, however, that this was not the end of the road. In a statement issued moments before the briefing, Eskom said it had suspended, with immediate effect, group executive of the capital division, Abram Masango, pending an investigation into what it termed various allegations of impropriety relating to the Kusile power station build project. Mail & Guardian then reported that hours after Masango’s suspension was announced, he resigned. In a letter, his lawyers reportedly indicated that Masango had resigned because of “continuous harassment, threats and victimisation”.
- Read the full original of this report by Luyolo Mkentane at Business Report
- Read too, Masango quits hours after Eskom suspension, at Mail & Guardian
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