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News24 reports that police have arrested six people for procurement fraud and theft linked to an allegedly dodgy Eskom tender for a pump at Kusile Power Station in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga.
Major General Nonkululeko Phokane said in a statement on Saturday: "During 2018, a pump was procured through the procurement process at Kusile Power Station. Investigations revealed that the same pump with the same unique number had in fact already been procured by Eskom in 2015." Phokane added that service providers appeared to have colluded with the perpetrators by providing the quotations. The loss to Eskom amounted to "hundreds of thousands of rands". He went on to advise: "Two suspects, including a Kusile Power Station procurement officer, were apprehended at a port of entry while attempting to leave the country on Friday." The other four, including a former procurement manager and an end-user at Kusile, were arrested in the early hours of Saturday. Police seized a handgun, a rifle, ammunition, a laptop, and cellphones during the operation. The six suspects are expected to make their first appearance in the eMalahleni Magistrate's Court on Monday.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at News24 (subscription or trial registration required)
- Lees ook, Ses aangekeer oor bedrog by Kusile, by Maroela Media
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