Eskom won some relief in its battle to set aside a R14bn contract with fuel oil suppliers including Econ Oil, on Thursday when the high court in Johannesburg suspended an earlier arbitration award that had been made in Econ’s favour.

The contract to supply fuel oil to Eskom’s power stations was awarded in October 2019 to Econ Oil, Sasol and FFS...

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