By Antony Sguazzin
(Bloomberg) – A legal wrangle over a power supply contract worth an estimated R218bn ($16bn) could derail the South African government’s attempts to ease electricity shortages that have hobbled the economy for more than a decade.
The case filed by DNG Energy last month to be named as a preferred bidder to provide about 1,220 megawatts of electricity by August 2022 in place of Turkey’s Karpowership won’t be heard in the Pretoria High Court until mid-July at the earliest. Karpowership and other bidders who won smaller deals have until the end of that month to conclude the necessary regulatory and funding requirements for their contracts to take force.
South African powership deal tainted by corruption – DNG Energy
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SA power supply deal faces legal challenge over graft
DNG Energy, sued to halt the governmentâs award of emergency power supply contracts, alleging that the process was tainted by corruption.
By Antony Sguazzin, Bloomberg
30 Apr 2021 12:19
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DNG Energy, a South African gas company, sued to halt the governmentâs award of emergency power supply contracts, alleging that the process was tainted by corruption.
Some of the eight bid winners, especially Turkeyâs Karpowership, which operates mobile, vessel-based power plants, were granted unlawful exemptions from the tender requirements, DNG said in court documents. Its lawsuit could hamper attempts to bring new generation capacity on line and address a crisis thatâs seen state utility Eskom subjecting the nation to intermittent electricity outages.
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