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Moneyweb reports that the board of power utility Eskom says it will be investigating its group CEO André de Ruyter, regarding an allegation of racism made against him.
This investigation follows allegations made by suspended chief procurement officer Solly Tshitangano against De Ruyter earlier this month, at a meeting with Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts. In a statement, the board said: “In light of the allegation of racism that has been made in the public domain against Group Chief Executive (GCE) André de Ruyter, the Eskom board of directors has resolved to initiate an investigation in order to establish the veracity and the basis to the allegation. The allegation not only brings Eskom into disrepute, but it also threatens to detract and distract the focus of the executive team and the GCE in particular from their critical job of restoring Eskom to operational and financial sustainability.” The board said it would appoint an independent senior counsel to conduct the investigation. De Ruyter, the former CEO of packaging group Nampak, was brought in to spearhead a turnaround the embattled power utility in January 2020, but has recently been accused of helping purge black suppliers, in favour of white suppliers.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Larry Claasen at Moneyweb <https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/eskom-board-investigates-racism-allegations-made-against-ceo/>
- Read too, Eskom announces racism probe into CEO André de Ruyter, at BusinessLive
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