PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) regional chairperson, Malekutu Motubatse, has dismissed claims by Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa that most of the issues at Eskom power stations were mainly technical and not related to corruption.
Motubatse said fraud and corruption was the main reason South Africa was experiencing loadshedding.
Last week, Ramokgopa, who is on a tour of Eskom’s power stations, said that most of the issues faced at power stations were technical and not necessarily due to corruption.
“We are categorically and emphatically disagreeing with the Minister’s version that corruption in Eskom does not play any role towards the persisting loadshedding,” said Motubatse.
“Most of the service providers in Eskom use more than one company to bid for a contract, those companies belong to one individual, they are called cover quotes, that is where real corruption is happening in cahoots with some Eskom employees.”
Motubatse said that
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