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Eskom’s suspended chief procurement officer (CPO), Solly Tshitangano, has been central to the scuppering of the past two meetings between the power utility and the parliamentary spending watchdog, the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa).
Lawmakers twice decided that without Tshitangano they could not fully interrogate Eskom procurement deviations the subject of a meeting on 23 February and again on Wednesday.
Then, on the eve of Wednesday’s Scopa meeting, came Tshitangano’s correspondence claiming nepotism, irregular decision-making and contract manipulation by Eskom CEO André de Ruyter, addressed to Public Enterprises Director-General Kgathatso Tlhakudi, and copied to all Scopa members, the Auditor-General, the State Capture Commission and the National Treasury.
More allegations of impropriety at Eskom after ‘irregular appointment’ A contractor is said to have tried to get an Eskom subsidiary to appoint a service provider through the back door 01 March 2021 - 20:38
An Eskom contractor, Werner Mouton, whose allegedly irregular appointment at the power utility caused a high-level fallout, is at the centre of another allegation of an irregular appointment to get more work at Johannesburg’s Megawatt Park.
The attempt has left Eskom and one of its service providers, Trans-Africa Projects (TAP), contradicting each other over a claim that Mouton, a private contractor hired to help Eskom with fuel oil pricing, attempted to induce employees at Eskom Rotek Industries (ERI) to appoint TAP without going through normal tender processes.
Eskom bossâs âracist reign of terrorâ
By Staff Reporter
THABO MAKWAKWA
Durban - AFTER a long battle between two executives, a twist arose when Eskom Group chief executive Andre De Ruyter suspended Solly Tshitangano, its chief procurement officer.
The conflict between the two apparently stemmed from Tshitangano s complaint about De Ruyter s alleged âracist handling of black officials and black suppliers who were subjected to continuous harassmentâ since De Ruyter joined Eskom as its chief executive.
However, Eskom spokesperson Sikonathi Mantshantsha said the move to suspend Tshitangano was due to his performance. Tshitangano has been placed on precautionary suspension pending a disciplinary process into his performance.
Instability and infighting still reign at the very top echelons of Eskom, and new information has emerged about a deep falling-out between CEO André de Ruyter and his lieutenant, trusted civil servant Solly Tshitangano.