Eskom wants opportunity to explain State of Capture report findings
Eskom says all contracts with Tegeta were concluded in line with its procurement policies and all the transactions had a clear commercial rationale
Eskom is considering taking the findings of the public protector’s State of Capture report on review, as it believes it was not afforded the right to be interviewed, despite providing all the information that was requested. Former public protector Thuli Madonsela made a number of findings, including that Eskom had favoured Gupta-owned Tegeta by awarding a number of coal supply contracts to it. At a media briefing on Friday‚ Eskom said all contracts with Tegeta were concluded in line with the power supplier’s procurement policies and all the transactions had a clear commercial rationale. Eskom said it had co-operated with the public protector by providing all the required information — in 160 boxes — but it was not afforded the opportunity to explain the information. One of the observations made by the public protector was that the prepayment of R659m to Tegeta appeared to be irregular. The board denied this‚ saying Eskom had made similar prepayments to guarantee the supply of coal f...
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