ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has weighed in on public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan’s admission that former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter spoke to him about alleged corruption at the power utility.
Gordhan this week confirmed he was the minister De Ruyter talked to about a senior official allegedly benefiting from corruption at Eskom, but he dismissed it as “allusions”.
Mashaba said Gordhan’s admission vindicates De Ruyter and showed the ANC’s refusal to address serious allegations of corruption within its ranks.
“Minister Gordhan’s response corroborates the assertions made by De Ruyter. It furthermore shows he would shield his peers from addressing corruption allegations and would instead blame the whistleblowers who raise them, such as De Ruyter.”
Mashaba said corruption cases opened by whistleblowers with the police go nowhere, and the whistleblowers are often persecuted.