South Africa
Scopa gives #Eskom deadline to complete inquiry─── 05:00 Fri, 09 Apr 2021
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts has given Eskom 90 days to complete its investigation into allegations of racism and abuse of power levelled against its CEO, Andre de Ruyter.
The public finance watchdog will thereafter request that the Eskom board report on its findings to the committee.
Earlier this month Eskom said that it had appointed Advocate Ishmael Semenya to lead the investigation, adding that Semenya would be given “space to conduct the investigation unhindered.”
Scopa chair Mkhuleko Hlengwa said Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan sent a letter to the committee requesting that it suspend its inquiry into the power utility because Eskom had launched a similar inquiry.
On Wednesday it decided to call off its own investigation.
Moneyweb
