Introducing the four crime cartels that have brought Eskom and South Africa to their knees

[Supervan II]

I'll just leave this here:

 

[Fulcrum29]

How long until the ANC hits out at the Daily Maverick? The DM hit closer on the implications...

 

[ToxicBunny]

How long until the ANC hits out at the Daily Maverick? The DM hit closer on the implications...

I think they'll largely leave DM alone, since they figure the vast majority of their voter base don't read DM at all.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

How long until the ANC hits out at the Daily Maverick? The DM hit closer on the implications...

Who owns DM again

 

[Grant]

Who owns DM again

Branislav Brkic

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Who owns DM again

Daily Maverick

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[Agent67]

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[Fulcrum29]

I think they'll largely leave DM alone, since they figure the vast majority of their voter base don't read DM at all.

That being said, since the DM dropped part 1 I haven't seen any other media outlet quote them other than to continue with the De Ruyter storm. Without the DM publishing the article it could have been argued that De Ruyter is still on the same paranoid trend as with the tracking device, but now they have given him credence.

Just to quote the DM on how they opened their article.

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.

3, no, 4 things as remarked:

1. A senior member within Ramaphosa's cabinet is linked in the cartel operations.
2. A second senior member within Ramaphosa's cabinet is linked to the cartel operations.
3. The intelligence links the cartels to Eskom's sabotage, and
4. in addition it is a programme to advance political destabilisation.

Cartels aside, that is a cabal. Eskom's sabotage is economic sabotage... Domestic terrorism? Odd how Mantashe cried about Eskom's management attempting to overthrow the state when there is a programme linked to the upper echelon. The DM conveyed this in one paragraph.

This begs the question: who other than De Ruyter had eyes on the intelligence report? In the DM's own 'the bottom line', they stated:

In the months since Daily Maverick received the intelligence reports, a team of journalists has been working all out to connect the information sourced on the ground to direct documentary evidence of the “territorial ruler’s” involvement in the Eskom crime cartels. This has demanded the gathering of many gigabytes of data from a range of sources, which, taken together, tell the story of corruption at South Africa’s power utility that includes hundreds of names and thousands of supplier companies, both local and international.

In the weeks and months and, perhaps, even the years to come, we intend to tell this larger story under the “Eskom Intelligence Files” banner.

But, as the intelligence reports warned, conclusively implicating the “territorial ruler” has proved an incredibly challenging task.

Although we would have preferred to wait for the bank statements and purchase orders that settled the matter once and for all, recent events in the public domain – most notably, De Ruyter’s aforementioned interview on eNCA – have made publishing what we legally can right now an important contribution to the understanding of just how big an ongoing crime scene Eskom was for years.

The Daily Maverick, I assume Scorpio, have long gathered evidence, and have been documenting it to establish admissible evidence. All De Ruyter did was to open the gates. The ANC is not in the position to be an inquisition.

From how I see this, De Ruyter can't possibly be the only person at Eskom who had eyes on these intelligence reports. Sure then, the state had eyes on these intelligence reports too. Did De Ruyter blow an operation? I don't know, but I am in the view that this revelation came at the right time, given the condition the sector is in. It is possible that the two persons implicated could have had eyes on the reports too. What is rattling the ANC so much, the 2024 general elections, or are there more members involved?

Not knowing how deep this runs, it isn't De Ruyter the ANC should be concerned with, but rather the direct documentary evidence. Seeing that the DM claimed multiple sources I can only expect the state to announce and appoint, yet, another Judicial Commission.

As alluded to by the DM, this story could take years to tell, but whereas De Ruyter didn't claim to have evidence, the DM did. This is where those gunning De Ruyter should be concerned as De Ruyter may be party to the direct evidence gathering process, but what is established now is that people (sources) on the ground are talking. I can only hope that those on Eskom's board/executive who have evidence to give will do so too.

 

[ghaye]

That being said, since the DM dropped part 1 I haven't seen any other media outlet quote them other than to continue with the De Ruyter storm. Without the DM publishing the article it could have been argued that De Ruyter is still on the same paranoid trend as with the tracking device, but now they have given him credence.

Just to quote the DM on how they opened their article.



3, no, 4 things as remarked:

1. A senior member within Ramaphosa's cabinet is linked in the cartel operations.
2. A second senior member within Ramaphosa's cabinet is linked to the cartel operations.
3. The intelligence links the cartels to Eskom's sabotage, and
4. in addition it is a programme to advance political destabilisation.

Cartels aside, that is a cabal. Eskom's sabotage is economic sabotage... Domestic terrorism? Odd how Mantashe cried about Eskom's management attempting to overthrow the state when there is a programme linked to the upper echelon. The DM conveyed this in one paragraph.

This begs the question: who other than De Ruyter had eyes on the intelligence report? In the DM's own 'the bottom line', they stated:



The Daily Maverick, I assume Scorpio, have long gathered evidence, and have been documenting it to establish admissible evidence. All De Ruyter did was to open the gates. The ANC is not in the position to be an inquisition.

From how I see this, De Ruyter can't possibly be the only person at Eskom who had eyes on these intelligence reports. Sure then, the state had eyes on these intelligence reports too. Did De Ruyter blow an operation? I don't know, but I am in the view that this revelation came at the right time, given the condition the sector is in. It is possible that the two persons implicated could have had eyes on the reports too. What is rattling the ANC so much, the 2024 general elections, or are there more members involved?

Not knowing how deep this runs, it isn't De Ruyter the ANC should be concerned with, but rather the direct documentary evidence. Seeing that the DM claimed multiple sources I can only expect the state to announce and appoint, yet, another Judicial Commission.

As alluded to by the DM, this story could take years to tell, but whereas De Ruyter didn't claim to have evidence, the DM did. This is where those gunning De Ruyter should be concerned as De Ruyter may be party to the direct evidence gathering process, but what is established now is that people (sources) on the ground are talking. I can only hope that those on Eskom's board/executive who have evidence to give will do so too.

If he did indeed blow the operation I guess the best we could hope for in the short term is that the perps may be reluctant to continue with their actions. This may stem the bleeding somewhat. But I suspect the are still expecting protection from the highest levels, so probably not. The good thing is that it's now in the open and if there really is a will to end this they do have something to go on.

 

[Hamster]

He was right in those days and has been proven so ever since. So how is this man [Gordan], who in 2017 urged the people of South Africa to “join the dots”, now asking someone else to take evidence to the police, that he himself knows are corrupt and incompetent?

ANC’s reaction to Eskom revelations exposes a party in denial of reality and in a deep ethical crisis

%%excerpt%% The party is under intense strain, and could easily fall in the elections next year to an unprecedented minority level.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

Scared for his life

 

[Emjay]

That being said, since the DM dropped part 1 I haven't seen any other media outlet quote them other than to continue with the De Ruyter storm. Without the DM publishing the article it could have been argued that De Ruyter is still on the same paranoid trend as with the tracking device, but now they have given him credence.

Curious. Does this surprise you?

 

[Velskoen]

I'll just leave this here:


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I doubt whether that SOB and his treasonous colleagues have aircon where they are spending the rest of eternity.

 

[Grant]

Which minister told former Eskom boss André de Ruyter, ‘you have to enable some people to eat a little bit’?​

‘In order to pursue the greater good, you have to enable some people to eat a little bit,” is what Eskom’s former CEO, André de Ruyter, said a senior government minister had told him. He disclosed this during an interview with eNCA’s Annika Larsen, which revealed the extent to which State Capture is continuing at Eskom.
De Ruyter said he feared oversight and governance of the government’s $8.5-billion Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP), which includes concessional loans, grants and other funds, would be watered down to allow political interests to take a cut from the world’s second-biggest transfer of green energy funding from the rich to the developing world.

Two Cabinet ministers who worked closely with De Ruyter have denied that it was they who made the remark. The two are Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, to whom De Ruyter reported, and Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, who partnered with the former utility boss to negotiate the green transition mega deal at the COP27 meeting in Egypt last year.
Gordhan told Newzroom Afrika that De Ruyter had spoken to him about corruption at Eskom. However, Gordhan’s aides denied that he had, in turn, told De Ruyter to expect some shrinkage.

“I don’t think that is the Minister’s language. PG (Pravin Gordhan) is not in any peripheral way involved with the JET-IP,” said one aide. The minister calls himself a “progressive pragmatist”, said the official, but he had a history of opposing corruption and his pragmatism did not include allowable corruption.

“Minister Pravin Gordhan would like to state for the record that he abhors corruption in all its manifestations and condemns it in the strongest terms,” said Public Enterprises spokesperson Richard Mantu.

POLITICS & POWER : Which minister told former Eskom boss André de Ruyter, ‘you have to enable some people to eat a little bit’?

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Environment Minister Barbara Creecy both deny it was them.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[Grant]

ANC’s reaction to Eskom revelations exposes a party in denial of reality and in a deep ethical crisis​

While it has not yet been revealed which politically connected individuals are benefiting from corruption at Eskom, it is obvious that much more information will burst into the public domain soon. This is likely to eventually include the names of the senior individuals reportedly involved.

The ANC’s response, so far, may have echoes of the beginning of the State Capture era, when the circling of the wagons was the name of its game. Instead of cracking down on corruption, the party is attacking those who are fighting to save Eskom and the SA economy.


This comes at a critical time for the party, as it is due to face voters just next year when load shedding is still likely to be an overwhelming central issue.

The reaction of the ANC to former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter’s claims in his eTV interview has been to put pressure on De Ruyter. It said that if he doesn’t name the names and go to the police, it will go to court to force him to do so.
The ANC has also said that it will not tolerate corruption and that it won’t protect people who are corrupt.

It has been joined in this by Cosatu and the SACP, who have said that De Ruyter has a duty to go to the police.

Then, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan told Newzroom Afrika on Monday that he had discussed corruption at Eskom with De Ruyter, and that De Ruyter had “alluded” to certain people being involved.

As Gordhan put it, “If he has the evidence, he must go to the law enforcement agencies… don’t expect me on the basis of some understanding or possible suspicion to now say who it is… I don’t want to be charged with defamation, I don’t have the evidence.”

For those with long memories, there may be some echoes of the ANC during the early stages of State Capture here.

Then, almost no matter what evidence could be brought regarding then president Jacob Zuma, it was deemed as an attack on the ANC and not about corruption.

Even when the Guptas landed a plane at the Waterkloof Air Force Base, the party used its deployees in the government to ensure that no action was taken. Instead, and scandalously, the main official involved, Bruce Koloane, was “punished” with an ambassadorship to the Netherlands.

Also, at the time, the ANC’s leadership had ensured that the National Prosecuting Authority was hollowed out. It was Zuma who appointed Menzi Simelane as National Director of Public Prosecutions after it was found that there was “prima facie” evidence that he had lied under oath.

It should be remembered that this was during a time, in 2012, when people such as then SACP leader Blade Nzimande were calling for a law specifically to protect Zuma from being insulted.

ANC’s reaction to Eskom revelations exposes a party in denial of reality and in a deep ethical crisis

%%excerpt%% The party is under intense strain, and could easily fall in the elections next year to an unprecedented minority level.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[chuckles_the_cnt]

ehm, i thought there was only one crime cartel the africa-cnts national criminals ? what is this four?

 

[Y'all Qaeda]

ehm, i thought there was only one crime cartel the africa-cnts national criminals ? what is this four?

Sometimes, business that become succesful takes on a franchising model.
So the ANC is franchising their corrupt practices.

 

[Sinbad]

Sometimes, business that become succesful takes on a franchising model.
So the ANC is franchising their corrupt practices.

Nah more like an unbundling and diversification

 

[ghaye]

Spreading the tentacles more like it.

 

[Pak Fa Fui]

ANC’s reaction to Eskom revelations exposes a party in denial of reality and in a deep ethical crisis​

ANC’s reaction to Eskom revelations exposes a party in denial of reality and in a deep ethical crisis

%%excerpt%% The party is under intense strain, and could easily fall in the elections next year to an unprecedented minority level.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

As Gordhan put it, “If he has the evidence, he must go to the law enforcement agencies… don’t expect me on the basis of some understanding or possible suspicion to now say who it is… I don’t want to be charged with defamation, I don’t have the evidence.”

That is a reasonable assertion

 

[chuckles_the_cnt]

Sometimes, business that become succesful takes on a franchising model.
So the ANC is franchising their corrupt practices.

Nah more like an unbundling and diversification

Spreading the tentacles more like it.

there is only one crime cartel, these so called others are mere business units within the umbrella syndicate. BUT that does lend credit to the running of a successful outfit, it's difficult to marry that concept with the ancnts, their ineptitude is staggering. i guess they're good at theft, corruption and destruction, if only we had some historical proof, let's say over the last 30 or so years?