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Sunday Times reports that a top executive at Eskom quietly enjoyed free electricity at his home for 14 years.
Acting group executive of legal and compliance Bartlett Hewu, a key player in the state-owned company's drive to recover revenue, was found to have an illegally connected meter at his Fourways home, and had not paid a cent for electricity since 2006. Embarrassingly, the cash-stricken utility has taken a hard line on non-payment and illegal connections, switching off whole areas. The discovery was made by Eskom technicians after Hewu complained of his electricity being cut off late last month. Last week he was suspended after the Sunday Times submitted questions to Eskom. But, insiders said Hewu was being treated with kid gloves. Eskom said it could not discuss the matter because “customer information” was confidential. Hewu has already been reconnected, and appears to have reached an agreement in terms of which he will pay almost R250,000. This is despite some defaulters being referred for criminal prosecution under tough legislation, and others being heavily fined. Hewu earned a salary of R3.4m in the year that ended in 2020. Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim said: “It's shocking to be told that Eskom executives themselves are not paying their electricity bills. The case of Bartlett Hewu is contemptuous. He is not befitting to be an Eskom executive; if this is true, he must go.”
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sabelo Skiti at TimesLIVE
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