EXCLUSIVE: Eskom drags its feet acting against Matshela Koko
There are claims that board chairman Zethembe Khoza is sabotaging the process at the power utility
Three months after putting its former acting boss on special leave, Eskom is still dragging its feet on putting Matshela Koko through a disciplinary hearing. Although a charge sheet has been ready for almost two months, the hearing has not begun, amid claims that board chairman Zethembe Khoza is sabotaging the process. On June 23, law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and auditors Nkonki recommended that Eskom charge Koko with misconduct on at least six counts. The charges stem from Koko’s failure to declare a conflict of interest involving his step-daughter’s part ownership of Impulse International, a company to which a unit he headed awarded tenders. A whistle-blower report has led to the additional charges that Koko undermined his colleagues and usurped their authority.Business Day has seen e-mail correspondence showing that as a result of Khoza’s interventions the process was shifted from the legal department to the human resources division. The legal department had drawn up 10 charges...
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