Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan will announce new board appointments for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in his portfolio. Gordhan has oversight over power utility Eskom, rail and ports company Transnet, defence manufacturer Denel, airline SA Express, diamond mining organisation Alexkor and the South African Forestry Company (Safcol). In his budget vote[…]
Victims of a shack fire in mid-February in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein, say they are struggling since their electricity boxes and cables went up in the blaze. The fire destroyed twelve shacks and damaged cables transmitting electricity to one shack which escaped the flames, GroundUp reported. The shack dwellers say they lost[…]
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba is appearing before the Eskom parliamentary inquiry into allegations of state capture. Gigaba is expected to answer questions on allegations of state capture between 2010 and 2014 – the period when he was in charge of Public Enterprises. Gigaba who has been described as the[…]
Just four days after being fired as minister of public enterprise‚ Lynne Brown has resigned as ANC MP. Brown’s decision to quit as a member of the national assembly was announced by the office of ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu on Thursday. Brown is among several ministers who were axed[…]
The Public Protector has found that Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown misled the National Assembly when she denied there were engagements between power utility Eskom and the Gupta-linked company Trillian Capital Partners. This is according to a report issued by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to the DA on Thursday.[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says government realised it had to act quickly on Eskom when a preparatory meeting was held ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Ramaphosa was speaking at the South Africa Business Dinner hosted by Brand South Africa on the side-lines of the WEF in Davos, Switzerland. He[…]
Eskom says Anoj Singh is expected to appear before the Parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday although he has resigned as the power utility’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Singh was suspended as Eskom CFO in September last year after being placed on special leave in July following allegations that he was involved[…]
Eskom’s former acting CEO Matshela Koko, now in another senior post, and suspended Chief Financial Officer Anoj Singh face dismissal, after government instructed the utility’s new board to immediately remove all executives facing allegations of corruption. The Presidency specifically names Koko and Singh as being among these executives. Government has[…]
Two senior Eskom executives, Matshela Koko and Prish Govender, have been reinstated. According to a letter from the power utility’s CEO Shaun Maritz, a disciplinary process has cleared Koko and Govender of any wrongdoing. Koko will resume his position as Eskom head of generation while Govender has been reinstated as head[…]
Deputy Public Enterprises Minister Ben Martins will be the first sitting MP to be subpoenaed to give evidence before Parliament. Members of the Eskom inquiry into State Capture resolved to summon Martins after he refused to attend. The committee is also grappling with when it should call the controversial Gupta[…]
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