Eskom, which resumed power cuts at the weekend, has estimated there is a further R3bn in irregular expenditure to recover at Kusile after it was announced that Swiss-Swedish multinational ABB had agreed to pay back R1.56bn in relation to an overpayment of a contract at the troubled power station.

CEO André de Ruyter said that once the money was recovered at Kusile, the parastatal would deal with contracts at its other mega coal-fired power station, Medupi...

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