The closure of specialised units to investigate organised crime and corruption in the early 2000s impeded the capacity of SA law enforcement agencies to investigate such crimes at state-owned entities such as Eskom, which was “functioning in a swamp of organised crime”.
Retired police Brig Johan Burger made the allegation and several others when he appeared before parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Wednesday...
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