ON MY MIND: A draft is just a draft
Eskom board responds: A case of facts getting in the way of a story
Financial Mail stories about Eskom are based on the contents of an uncorroborated draft report that has no legal status, writes Khulani Qoma
Eskom commissioned Dentons to conduct a forensic investigation into the organisation two years ago, when the economy was taking strain from load-shedding. Dentons’ fact-finding exercise, which was inherited by the current Eskom board, combed the enterprise to establish facts about areas of business concern. This task was expected to be completed in just three months. Despite there not being time for a long investigation, Dentons had sufficient capacity to tackle Eskom’s complexity and deliver a credible assessment within the prescribed period. Following calls for the report’s public release, which gained momentum in the past few weeks, the board chose to protect the interest of Eskom by making the report public. A press conference was held to announce the release of the Dentons report. As a crucial part of this exercise, a senior official from Dentons was present to share information about the methodology used in the investigation and its scope and to provide clarity about the versi...
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