Johnathan Paoli
THE Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Hawks briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Tuesday in Cape Town on the intelligence report commissioned by former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter.
The intelligence report followed a private investigation commissioned by de Ruyter, who resigned in May 2023 amid allegations of corruption and mismanagement.
The SIU said that it received and analysed the intelligence report, compiled by a company led by former National Police Commissioner called George Fivaz Forensic and Risk, which claimed to expose four criminal cartels operating inside Eskom, allegedly linked to two senior Cabinet members and said to be responsible for sabotaging Eskom’s power stations and destabilising the country.
The report further alleged that there was an illicit procurement process to defraud Eskom and that some of the cartel members were involved in assassination plots.
Both the SIU and the Hawks said that they had
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