PHUTI MOSOMANE
FORMER Eskom CEO André de Ruyter has declined to identify the cabinet minister who allegedly told him to allow people to eat when he reported corruption and criminal activities at Eskom.
Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) had invited de Ruyter to brief Parliament after he made serious allegations against ANC politicians and members of the executive in an explosive interview with ENCA.
During the interview, de Ruyter made allegations about an unnamed cabinet minister who told him to “allow others to eat a little bit” in order to achieve the greater good.
MPs at the committee meeting urged him to reveal the minister’s name, but de Ruyter refused, saying that he shared the information with Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s advisor Sydney Mufamadi. The committee members accused de Ruyter of not telling them what they wanted to know.
In his submission, de Ruyter
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