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South Africa’s second largest union federation called for the resignation of the Eskom Holdings board and top management, as it rejected a finding that exempted the utility’s chief operating officer from any wrongdoing.
Eskom said on Friday that internal investigations and a court ruling on a payment dispute with contractor Aveng Ltd. exonerated COO Jan Oberholzer.
A later opinion by Nazir Cassim, a lawyer, also acquitted Oberholzer and ended a complaint procedure against him, it said in a statement.
The South African Federation of Trade Unions, which includes an affiliate that is Eskom’s second-largest union, said in a 15-page statement Saturday that Eskom’s findings did not represent what was found in the investigations.
He also objected to the treatment of a whistleblower who denounced alleged irregularities to a judicial commission called by the government.
“SAFTU calls for the urgent intervention of President Ramaphosa and the immediate resignation of the Eskom board,” he said.
The dispute with the union is another headache for Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter, who took office in January and is trying to reverse a debt that is 488 billion rand ($ 28 billion) in debt. ) and that it is struggling to supply the country with enough power.
Eskom declined to comment.
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