In the wake of allegations made by outgoing Eskom CEO Andre De Ruyter regarding corruption at the power utility, Mmusi Maimane has opened a case against him.
The leader of Build One SA (BOSA), Maimane, on Monday, opened a criminal case against Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and former Eskom CEO.
Maimane filed the case at the Cape Town Central police station as he argued that the two are looters and demanded an immediate arrest.
In a statement that is also circulating on social media, the former Democratic Alliance leader said he had opened the case to initiate the “swift” investigation and imprisonment of “looters”.
BOSA wants the South African police to probe the allegations made by De Ruyter about the involvement of a high-level ANC politician in corruption at the power utility.
De Ruyter also said he had reported the alleged corruption to a Cabinet member and Mmaimane wants to compel authorities to get de Ruyter to share the details of allegations he made against senior ministers and others allegedly privy to the corruption at the state power utility.
“The first is the said identity of the high-ranking ANC politician he [De Ruyter] speaks about. Secondly, the identity of the Cabinet minister who he highlights,” he said.
“Thirdly, whether Mr. De Ruyter complied with his obligation under Section 34.2 of PRECCA [Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act] in respect to high-ranking ANC politicians and whether Mr. De Ruyter has complied with his obligation under Section 34.2 of PRECCA in respect of a Cabinet minister.”
As also published by BTA, this website posted that ex-Eskom CEO claimed that design criteria for systems at the Kusile power station were modified in order to enable ANC-connected Hitachi Power Africa to win the project.
He further blamed South Africa’s energy issue on the endemic ANC-supported corruption at Eskom, and “evidence suggests” the ANC was exploiting the state-owned power firm as a “feeding trough”.
De Ruyter made the shocking charges during an interview with Annika Larsen on E-My tv’s Guest Tonight, which aired on Tuesday.
“If you look at the reasons for [the high likelihood of greater than stage 6 load-shedding this winter] — we lost three units at Kusile due to the collapse of a flue duct,” De Ruyter said.
“There was carry-over from the flue gas desulphurisation unit because the exhaust gas temperature from the boiler supplied by Hitachi [Power Africa] is too high.”
