Corruption carnage at Kusile

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Corruption carnage at Kusile

Millions of rand was siphoned from power utility Eskom through irregular contracts, excessive furniture spending, and a donation to a suspect foundation chaired by former president Jacob Zuma.

This is according to The Sunday Times, which was reporting on a series of investigative reports into Eskom contracts by law firm Bowmans.

The reports - which were obtained by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime - were initially commissioned by former Eskom CEO Phakamani Hadebe in 2018.

 

[Sarg3_ZN]

Not just at Kusile, it is entrenched in all of the contracts that SOE's and government put out to tender.

 

[Petec]

It's taken years - about what we have always known - for these facts to be "officially" verified and get out there. About time, and maybe now heads are going to start to roll.

 

[system32]

The furniture purchased at inflated prices for the complex included:

• R18,000 for a pool table typically priced at R3,500, a 425% mark-up.
• R2,900 for desks currently priced at R499, a 481% mark-up.
• R4,400 for two-seater couches worth R500, a mark-up of 780%.

A further R4 million was spent on kitchen equipment, R440,000 on crockery, and R47,100 on cutlery.

How does this kitchen contract cause Kusili power station, budgeted at R64 billion, to balloon to R226 billion?

Then I read:

Bowmans reports have red flagged contracts and tenders to the value of R178 billion.

When we going to see some jail time for these crooks?

 

[2026]

When we going to see some jail time for these crooks?

Nope.

 

[OCP]

How does this kitchen contract cause Kusili power station, budgeted at R64 billion, to balloon to R226 billion?

Then I read:


When we going to see some jail time for these crooks?

Never!

But hey - don't forget to pay your TV license....

 

[Binary_Bark]

Just another day with the anc criminal syndicate. Nothing to see here

 

[r00igev@@r]

Fork that!!!

 

[Sinbad]

It's taken years - about what we have always known - for these facts to be "officially" verified and get out there. About time, and maybe now heads are going to start to roll.

Oh, sweet summer child

 

[Brenden_E]

R178 billion is more than I can contextualize.
Unfortunately, politicians throw out the race card and 90% of the population goes dumb. Zero accountability to those who wasted away a generation's future. Zero change; the ANC still strong after decades of partying their supporters into poverty.

The show must go on.

 

[The_MAC]

Nothing new

My Mother-in-Law has been reporting 500%+ inflation of her products via BEE partners to Eskom/Rotek for years, nothing happens..

 

[The_MAC]

R178 billion is more than I can contextualize.
Unfortunately, politicians throw out the race card and 90% of the population goes dumb. Zero accountability to those who wasted away a generation's future. Zero change; the ANC still strong after decades of partying their supporters into poverty.

The show must go on.

Isn't the EFF supposed to storm Lithuli House?

 

[borro]

"Business"

 

[grok]

High-fives Thuli for calling it, those feelings you spoke of recently are on the rise again, gurl!!

 

[LCBXX]

This give this good people at the ANC a bad name.

 

[The Magster]

Never!

But hey - don't forget to pay your TV license....

Jail time for these crooks? Oh man, that's funny. And I did pay my TV license. Or did I?

 

[The Magster]

I'm certain it will take a long time for any jail time to materialise, if indeed that does happen, because the rot at these places goes way up to the top. The oxygen thieves up there will not allow their pocket money to dry up.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Just another day with the anc criminal syndicate. Nothing to see here

vote stupid parties into power, win stupid prizes
got nobody to blame but yourselves.

 

[TelkomUseless]

When we going to see some jail time for these crooks?

lol.. yea. Never.

 

[The Light Green Hornet]

Criminal State run by Zuma and his ANC buddies.