Eskom Intelligence Files
Daily Maverick is in possession of intelligence reports that link two senior Cabinet members to four criminal cartels operating inside Eskom. The intelligence links the cartels to the sabotage of Eskom’s power stations and a programme of political destabilisation.
Daily Maverick is in possession of intelligence reports that link two senior Cabinet members to four criminal cartels operating inside Eskom. The intelligence links the cartels to the sabotage of Eskom’s power stations and a programme of political destabilisation.
Eskom’s contested private intelligence files clearly ‘cannot be ignored’, SIU chief tells Parliament
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On 26 April, author and journalist Jacques Pauw published a series of articles in News24 that dismissed private intelligence reports on the Eskom crime cartels as ‘outlandish conspiracy theories’. On 1 June, a practising advocate, former police superintendent and author of key textbooks for the SA Police Service (SAPS) released a legal opinion that concluded the opposite. So, what will the security cluster do about it now?
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Intelligence reports link two senior Cabinet members to four criminal cartels operating inside Eskom. The intelligence links the cartels to the sabotage of Eskom’s power stations and a programme of political destabilisation.
Introducing the four crime cartels that have brought Eskom and South Africa to their knees
Intelligence reports obtained by Daily Maverick link two senior members of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet to four criminal cartels operating inside Eskom. Although we cannot yet reveal the names of the Cabinet members for legal reasons, we can divulge that the intelligence links the cartels to the sabotage of Eskom’s power stations and to a programme of political destabilisation.
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Intelligence reports obtained by Daily Maverick link two senior members of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet to four criminal cartels operating inside Eskom.
Kevin Bloom • 26 February 2022
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