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We stand by our Bowmans status report By Opinion We stand behind our story. The Daily News and The Star have noted Eskom’s statement and an attempt to undermine the report published last week about Bowmans’ status on the Eskom Database panel. We stand by our story, and the facts in the story that Eskom has not disputed, nor refuted. In its statement, Eskom accepts that Bowmans is not in the current panel of attorneys, which is the centre of the story. The company did not provide any proof of the now alleged arrangement with the National Treasury. If the National Treasury arrangement...

EXCLUSIVE: Eskom lied about Bowmans mandate By Thabo Makwakwa Share DURBAN - IN AN ONGOING battle between Eskom and Econ Oil & Energy, new evidence obtained by the Daily News suggests that Eskom executives, led by the entity’s chief executive André de Ruyter may have overstepped their mandate and illegally appointed Bowmans law firm in an effort to push out the black female-owned fuel supplier. In what sources close to developments have termed a carefully co-ordinated approach, insiders and evidence suggest that Eskom misrepresented the truth when it claimed in some media reports that its ...

MONEYWEB app instead? De Ruyter accuses suspended exec of facilitating R8bn in deals with company suspected of fraud. By Antony Sguazzin and Loni Prinsloo, Bloomberg 9 Apr 2021  13:19  Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter. Image: Dwayne Senior, Bloomberg A fallout between top executives at Eskom took a new turn, with the South African power utility’s chief executive officer accusing its now-suspended chief procurement officer of facilitating R8 billion of deals with a company suspected of fraud. Eskom concluded the fuel oil supply contracts with Econ Oil & Energy even though a probe commissio...

Eskom CEO De Ruyter hits out racism accuser André de Ruyter A fallout between top executives at Eskom took a new turn, with the utility’s CEO accusing its now-suspended chief procurement officer of facilitating R8-billion of deals with a company suspected of fraud. Eskom concluded the fuel oil supply contracts with Econ Oil & Energy even though a probe commissioned by the utility found there was reason to suspect its sole director, Nothemba Mlonzi, had a corrupt relationship with senior Eskom manager Thandi Marah. Both Marah and Mlonzi have declined to comment. Solly Tshitangano, the procu...

Investigation finds Eskom contracts were given out in return for ANC funding Eskom has been embroiled in numerous corruption scandals over the years. A recent investigation has uncovered further dishonest and suspicious activity, involving Thandi Marah. Then the senior manager of business enablement for the SOE, Marah allegedly interfered in a tender process. This allowed for Econ Oil & Energy to obtain contracts worth more than R15 billion, says Bloomberg. In return for the tender, Econ Oil director Nothemba Mlonzi made a number of payments – including a R100 000 contribution to the ANC �...