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Chasing runners instead of kingpins and focusing on dockets for numbers presented at oversight briefings won’t solve the corruption at Eskom or anywhere else, retired SAPS brigadier Jap Burger told MPs on Wednesday.

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In the wake of the exodus of top executives at failing state-owned enterprises responsible for South Africa’s economic malaise, former board members blame Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan for not letting directors do their jobs.

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A legal opinion that shredded national security as a shield against testifying before an open committee saw Parliament’s watchdog on public spending, Scopa, on Tuesday insisting that retired brigadier Jap Burger must appear before it.

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Mteto Nyati, a former MTN South Africa and Altron CEO who is currently an Eskom board member, will be appointed as the board chair to replace Mpho Makwana.

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The heads of both the Special Investigating Unit and the Hawks cast new light on the private intelligence files commissioned by the now former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter – and the key law enforcement agencies are working on bringing criminals to book.

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Ex-Eskom chief operating officer Jan Oberholzer is joining Mulilo Energy as chairperson. The company already generates 400MW of wind and solar utility-scale projects in South Africa.

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Until the snow fell earlier this month, load shedding became less intense, with periods where Eskom suspended power cuts. It was a relief for a country that was upended by Stage 6 for almost all of 2023 and 2022. In an interview, Eskom chairperson Mpho Makwana explained the turnaround plan.

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Amid its search for a permanent chief executive officer, Eskom’s former chief operating officer will leave the power utility at the end of this month.

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Just how far can Gwede Mantashe go in pushing the limits of what is acceptable behaviour for a Cabinet minister? His recent actions suggest he does not feel the same boundaries, or is bound by the same rules, as other Cabinet ministers.

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Hopes that the work of the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into State Capture would signal the end of corrupt politicians and government officials’ free-for-all are fading fast – and with good reason.

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After not getting a behind-closed-door session to discuss his role regarding the Eskom syndicate corruption claims from ex-boss André de Ruyter, Brigadier Jaap Burger was M.I.A. on Wednesday.

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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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Daily Maverick

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 grid

George Fivaz’s Eskom ‘dirty’ dossier gets clean bill of health in expert legal opinion

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?

Kevin Bloom 1 June 2023

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.

Kevin Bloom 27 February 2023

PART 1

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.

Kevin Bloom • 26 February 2022

Eskom Intelligence Files

PART 2

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Our journalists are working on bringing you more information on this story.

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Ray Mahlaka 9 October 2023
eskom grid

George Fivaz’s Eskom ‘dirty’ dossier gets clean bill of health in expert legal opinion

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?

Kevin Bloom 1 June 2023

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