Brown ‘clarifies’ legal action order against McKinsey
Eskom sources say paperwork has been prepared to institute legal proceedings against McKinsey and Trillian ‘and individuals’, but no instruction has been issued yet to ‘pull the trigger’
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says internal legal processes are still under way at Eskom into suspect payments of R1.6bn to McKinsey and Gupta-linked firm Trillian. Brown sought to “clarify the facts” on Friday afternoon after Bloomberg reported that she had instructed Eskom to institute legal action against McKinsey, Trillian, former acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko and acting chief financial officer Anoj Singh. “In relation to labour relations matters where investigations have been concluded, she has instructed the Eskom board to ensure that the disciplinary processes must be expedited and concluded,” her spokesperson, Colin Cruywagen, said on Friday. Eskom sources said paperwork had been prepared to institute legal proceedings against McKinsey and Trillian “and individuals”, but no instruction had been issued yet to “pull the trigger”. Business Day reported on Friday that Eskom had received a legal opinion in December 2015, more than a month before it signed a three-year ...
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