Why no arrests, Hawks? Former Eskom chairman Zola Tsotsi dropped a proverbial State Capture bomb in South Africa’s Parliament this morning. His statement to the investigating committee unpacks how he was bullied by the Guptas and State Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown, and implicates Jacob Zuma in an identical manner to that what was previously explained by whistle-blowing ANC..
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#DYNAMITE#ZUMAGO : Ex-Eskom Chair Tsotsi Provides State Capture’s “Smoking Gun” And May End The Zuma Presidency
Colonel Shebeen on Gupta Chicken parade
Just in SA – Power tariffs increase, municipalities do not pay
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Eskom has tried to explain their request for a tariff increase of almost 20 percent to Nersa, but it seems that several municipalities simply do not pay for Eskom services. Direct consumers of Eskom Power, such as farmers and industries, will be severely affected by the requested tariff increase. Now it appears that Eskom does..
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ESKOM FACING CASHFLOW TROUBLE – THEN STOP SPENDING MONEY ON BONUSES
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Eskom spokesman Khulu Phasiwe said the firm’s sales growth had been muted while its operating cost was very high and its tariff for the current financial year was low. South Africa’s scandal-plagued power utility Eskom said on Monday it was not insolvent but was facing serious liquidity issues and would be in “trouble” if the..
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Ben Martins denies Gupta ‘tea party’ with Eskom legal head
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Deputy Public Enterprises Minister Ben Martins has denied meeting suspended Eskom head of legal Suzanne Daniels with Ajay Gupta and Duduzane Zuma in a flat near Melrose Arch in 2017. “I am perplexed by Ms Suzanne Daniels’ testimony to the parliamentary inquiry into Eskom,” he said in a statement on Thursday. “She falsely claimed that..
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Collusion Between Minister And BLF According To EFF – BLF Copied Our Letter To Parliament‚ Says Lynn Brown’s Spokesman
BLSA tells Eskom: ‘You remain suspended’
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Business Leadership SA on Monday reiterated the suspension of Eskom from the organisation. BLSA said it is holding high-level discussions with Eskom’s acting CEO‚ Sean Maritz‚ regarding serious allegations of corruption and state capture that had led to the suspension of the power utility from the organisation. “The first of these meetings was held on..
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Business Leadership South Africa suspends Eskom and Transnet
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Business Leadership South Africa on Thursday booted out state-owned entities Eskom and Transnet for their involvement in corruption and state capture with immediate effect. The announcement comes as BLSA launched its #BusinessBelieves campaign in Cape Town, where it signed a “contract” with South Africa, pledging to do even more to create jobs and grow and..
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MPS Probing ESKOM State Capture Undeterred By Gupta Lapdogs BLF’s Court Threat
How Brian Molefe Almost Walked Away From Eskom With R111,000 A Month Until He Dies
Former Eskom CEO approved R66-million deal that benefited his sister – No end to corruption
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Former Eskom acting CEO Matshela Koko has been found to have “personally signed off on a deviation order that allowed his stepdaughter’s company Impulse International, to score a R66m deal from Eskom without going out to tender.” Business Day reported on Thursday that they had obtained a copy of a confidential “sole source justification” memo…
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Business Leadership South Africa kicks out Eskom‚ Transnet
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Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has suspended the membership of state entities Eskom and Transnet with immediate effect. The decision follows “extensive allegations of corrupt behaviour”‚ the business lobby group said. BLSA CEO Bonang Mohale said in a statement: “South Africans have been rightly disturbed in recent times at the numerous allegations of corrupt behaviour..
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Court grants interdict to freeze R1.7-billion Gupta mine rehab funds
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Anti-corruption advocacy group the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) on Tuesday won an urgent interim interdict to freeze some R1.75-billion in mine rehabilitation funds from two Gupta-owned coal mines. The group’s urgent application was heard in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. In a media statement, Outa said their action was not opposed. The..
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Suspended Eskom CFO faces charges of corruption
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Charges of corruption and financial misconduct have been laid against Eskom’s suspended chief financial officer‚ Anoj Singh. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse laid the charges on Tuesday morning at the Randburg police station. The charges come after Eskom on Monday admitted to lying about payments which benefited the embattled Gupta family through the Trillian business..
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ConCourt rules on new owners’ historical debt.
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The Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled that new home owners are not liable for historical debt taken over from previous owners. Municipalities such as Tshwane, eThekwini and Ekurhuleni — as well as the cooperative and governance minister — argued against a landmark high court judgment in 2016, which made a similar ruling. The high court..
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