Public protector asked to investigate Eskom boss over stepdaughter contracts
'Koko's reported actions could show that he is compromised and unfit to be the head of Eskom'
South Africa's main opposition party wants the anti-graft watchdog to investigate whether the acting CEO of power utility Eskom violated procurement rules for allegedly giving contracts to a firm where his stepdaughter was a director. The Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Sunday that it would write to the Public Protector, a constitutionally mandated watchdog, urging a probe to establish if Matshela Koko violated state procurement guidelines by awarding the tenders. The Sunday Times reported that Eskom awarded tenders worth 1 billion rand ($80.5 million) to a company where Koko's stepdaughter was a director at a time when he had oversight of the department at the utility that gave out the contracts. "Koko's reported actions could show that he is compromised and unfit to be the head of Eskom," the DA said in a statement. Koko's stepdaughter, Koketso Choma, has also denied any wrongdoing, the newspaper said. She has since resigned from her directorship at Impulse International, the fir...
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