Fin24 reports that according to Eskom, further arrests are "imminent" in a case that saw one of its employees arrested earlier this month in connection with alleged tender irregularities at Kriel Power Station.

The arrest on 20 July followed a probe by Eskom's forensic department, after it received a tip-off from a member of the public in October. That prompted the investigation of a tender for the provision of coal yard lighting for 12 months at Kriel. The accused, who is a project coordinator at Kriel, appeared in the Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crime Court last Monday and was released on bail. "A search was conducted at the accused’s house in eMalahleni where an amount of R16,600 was seized by the police... The arrest of all the role players in this matter is imminent," Eskom said in a statement on Friday. Eskom said that "while most of our employees are hardworking", it was "cognisant of the few who are corrupt amongst us". The utility added that “the arrest of the project coordinator and others in the past is therefore a step in the right direction in ridding the organisation of corruption."

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard complied by Marelise van der Merwe at Fin24

Get other news reports at the SA Labour News home page