THEBE MABANGA
THE Eskom Board appears to have avoided acting against Chief Operations Officer Jan Oberholzer even though he was found to have breached the company’s policy on conflict of interest while Deputy President David Mabuza omitted this breach of policy in a reply to a parliamentary question.
In April this year, the Eskom Board released a statement declaring that Oberholzer had been cleared by a senior counsel of corruption, dishonesty, and abuse of power.
The charges emanate from a grievance brought by an executive Mark Chettiar as well as Oberholzer’s conduct around contracts with his former employers Stefannuti Stocks, Black & Veach and a payment to Aveng.
The investigation was conducted by former High Court Judge Nazeer Cassim.
Oberholzer was accused of having recommended an increase in payment to Stefanutti Stocks at a pint when he held shares whose value had collapsed from R600 000 to R6 000, representing a
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