Eskom board chair says they are proactively dealing with fraud and corruption

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How many Eskom employees have been charged with fraud and corruption

Of 144 criminal cases opened with the South African Police Service against Eskom employees for fraud and corruption, only 41 have been through criminal proceedings under the Criminal Procedure Act.

This is according to the chairperson of the Eskom Board, Mpho Makwana, who published audit statistics regarding criminal activity at the power utility.
 
The one thing I will unequivocally give De Ruyter is that he ramped up the anti-corruption drive within Eskom.

It does however seem that the police generally do nothing with the evidence Eskom hands to them.

28% of the cases ending up with criminal charges is pathetic.

Hopefully the drive to eliminate corruption continues with the new crew, but considering it's highly likely the top folks in the ANC are involved I highly doubt any significant progress will be made.
 
porchrat said:
The one thing I will unequivocally give De Ruyter is that he ramped up the anti-corruption drive within Eskom.

It does however seem that the police generally do nothing with the evidence Eskom hands to them.

28% of the cases ending up with criminal charges is pathetic.

Hopefully the drive to eliminate corruption continues with the new crew, but considering it's highly likely the top folks in the ANC are involved I highly doubt any significant progress will be made.
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It will boil down to evidence provided to pursue criminal charges
Adr for example can open a case against 10 people for his coffee problem, if only one person was found guilty the other 9 are dropped so not every case opened will have a conviction
 
porchrat said:
The one thing I will unequivocally give De Ruyter is that he ramped up the anti-corruption drive within Eskom.

It does however seem that the police generally do nothing with the evidence Eskom hands to them.

28% of the cases ending up with criminal charges is pathetic.

Hopefully the drive to eliminate corruption continues with the new crew, but considering it's highly likely the top folks in the ANC are involved I highly doubt any significant progress will be made.
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I am not saying he never did anything and just stood around.... But that utility is a mountain of a problem to solve and I doubt any one person can do it.
 
Pak Fa Fui said:
It will boil down to evidence provided to pursue criminal charges
Adr for example can open a case against 10 people for his coffee problem, if only one person was found guilty the other 9 are dropped so not every case opened will have a conviction
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Remember the dudes arrested for theft of R100 million p/m worth of diesel?

What happened? Where's the case? Last I heard they were out on something pathetic like R5000 bail.

That was in 2021.

To say that's pathetic would be an understatement.
 
Magnum said:
I am not saying he never did anything and just stood around.... But that utility is a mountain of a problem to solve and I doubt any one person can do it.
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Absolutely, but what he can do and it seems like he tried, is to try instill a culture of anti corruption at the senior level.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Absolutely, but what he can do and it seems like he tried, is to try instill a culture of anti corruption at the senior level.
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How do you teach a savage no to beat a woman over the head with a club, take her home and make her your mate????
I know we have not done that in 15000 years or so, We just buy them drinks now....less brutal and painful.
 
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