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Fin24 reports that power utility Eskom said on Wednesday that the four arrests in relation to a corrupt ABB Group contract for work at the Kusile power station were hopefully just the beginning and that it expected more arrests to follow soon.
It was reported on Wednesday that two former employees of the Swiss engineering firm and their wives were arrested by the Investigating Directorate of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) in a joint operation with the Hawks and the SA Revenue Service on Tuesday. The accused are Muhammed and Raeesa Mooidheen and Vernon and Aradhna Pillay. The matter concerns a corrupt contract awarded during the construction of Kusile in 2015 of about R2.2 billion. ABB irregularly appointed Impulse International as a sub-contractor and paid it R549 million in 2016 and 2017. At the time, former acting Eskom CEO Mathsela Koko's stepdaughter, Koketso Choma, was a shareholder of Impulse. "Eskom congratulates the NPA's Investigating Directorate on the arrests in this case, and pledges to do everything in its power to assist the investigations to bring about successful prosecutions. Eskom also hopes this is just the beginning and that more arrests will follow on this matter, and on the more than 100 other criminal cases lodged with the law enforcement agencies over the years," the power utility said. The former employees are accused of using their influence to get kickbacks estimated at over R6 million. This also allegedly benefitted their spouses. Some of the assets belonging to the accused and their spouses have been seized by the Asset Forfeiture Unit. The accused have been released on bail and will appear in court on 14 October.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard compiled by Lameez Omarjee at Fin24
- Read too, Eskom welcomes arrest of former ABB Group employees, at Engineering News
- En ook, Eskom verwelkom inhegtenisneming van bedrieërs, by Maroela Media
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