Sworn affidavit: Why Eskom is failing - André de Ruyter
In a court affidavit, former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter explains the policies that led to South Africa's loadshedding crisis.
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In a court affidavit, former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter explains the policies that led to South Africa's loadshedding crisis.
A lack of good governance commitment from department heads across the state means that only 143 suppliers on the National Treasury database are blacklisted from doing business with the government, while the Special Investigating Unit recommends 506 such bans. This discrepancy highlights the abs...
Treasury’s tender portal has been down since March
The Municipal Public Accounts Committee has, in a report which City Press has seen, recommended that municipal manager Cynthia Nkuna should institute disciplinary action and criminal proceedings must be instituted against those officials who committed financial misconduct. Picture: iStock/ AndreyPopov The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, by December of 2020, only got 171 out of 805 institutions for analysis. About 33 000 Covid-19 related orders were made across all institutions from 8667 suppliers with R9.4 billion in payments from 444 institutions. Big spenders...
Acting chief procurement officer Estelle Setan said Eskom's renegotiation of coal supply led to a spike in the value of deviation applications in the second quarter.