Evidently there is no honour among thieves
BETWEEN THE CHAINS: Nothing but the half-truth
Eskom’s actions show total disdain for the public as the utility clutches at straws, trying to save face
The events of the past week have shown how Eskom’s board has lost any credibility it may still have enjoyed. When the very people who are tasked with protecting the entity and its 49,000 employees openly admit to having looked away when presented with allegations of corruption and fraud by the senior management they’re supposed to be supervising, they become accomplices. They are liable to be held to account, both collectively and individually.On August 14 2015 the board recorded itself in minutes agreeing to “collect and destroy” copies of an incriminating report at its top echelons. Could it be that those same senior managers, accused of feathering their own nests at the expense of the power utility, would then have done other favours for their supervisors on the board? Was this a wicked agreement of Mephistophelian proportions among those who knew that they themselves could not pass any scrutiny, should the tables be turned and they be investigated? Evidently there is no honour a...
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