The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has laid a criminal complaint against Dr Ben Ngubane‚ who resigned as chairperson of Eskom on Monday. The criminal complaint includes charges of alleged fraud‚ forgery‚ uttering and contravention of provisions of the Companies Act‚ and arises from Ngubane and his wife allegedly borrowing R50m from a state-owned company and failing to repay it‚ the civil action organisation said on Tuesday. Outa said it has investigated Ngubane on a variety of matters arising from his tenure on the boards of Eskom and the SABC‚ and has also followed up on a recent Carte Blanche investigation which exposed irregular activities within the mining sector. "We have obtained evidence to substantiate our claims and are confident of the strength of our case against Ngubane‚" said Ted Blom‚ portfolio director for energy at Outa. He said, in essence‚ that Ngubane and his wife‚ Sheila‚ are the sole shareholders and directors of Huntrex 305 (Pty) Ltd‚ which owns the comp...
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