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More than 5,500 Eskom employees have been referred to the utility for disciplinary proceedings for, among other things, not declaring their financial interests or doing business with the entity.
CAPE TOWN – The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) found that 135 Eskom employees did business with the energy company to the tune of R6 billion.
R44 million was also discovered in bribes paid to four Eskom officials by contractors involved in the construction of the Kusile power plant.
The SIU uncovered the extent of the irregularities committed by Eskom employees when yesterday it updated Parliament’s permanent public accounts committee on its long-standing investigations into irregularities at the state entity.
More than 5,500 Eskom employees have been referred to the utility for disciplinary proceedings for, among other things, not declaring their financial interests or doing business with the entity.
SIU chief Andy Mothibi says he is comfortable with the 5,523 officials referred for disciplinary proceedings at Eskom, saying people have been behaving criminally, believing nothing will happen to them.
“This is where things start to go wrong, when officials at all levels of the organization delve into undeclared business interests and begin to override, interfere with procurement processes, and also do their sighting. fat woman”.
Mothibi says the unit wants to recover more than R8 billion through civil litigation for fraud, corruption and other infractions. 39 cases have been referred to the national prosecutor’s office for criminal investigation, while 32 have been referred to the asset forfeiture unit.
Eskom’s principal investigator at SIU, Claudia O’Brien, told Scopa that the unit saved Eskom R400 million in one matter, related to a claim filed by a contractor.
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