Book review | In Truth to Power, former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter writes that decisions taken in 2007 will haunt South Africa for years to come.
published on Sunday, three months after being sacked as Eskom CEO, André de Ruyter writes that decisions taken in 2007 will haunt South Africa for years to come.
In 2009, Hitachi paid a US$19-million fine to the US Securities and Exchange Commission for contravening the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act – but this development was never investigated further by South African authorities. And due to faulty boiler specifications, signed off by one Matshela Koko, who was then the senior Eskom engineer responsible for boiler design, Medupi and Kusile became Eskom’s terrible twins, wreaking havoc with operational efficiency and its finances.
The tender bid mentioned above is just one of hundreds of examples of neglect, irregularities and corruption at the state-owned power company. But the ANC and Eskom have retaliated with vitriol.Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan, De Ruyter’s former political principal, in an appearance before parliament on 17 May, heaped scorn on the former CEO and accused him of breaching the confidentiality clause of his employment contract.
According to De Rutyer, Masemola told him everything he had just heard from the ex-Eskom boss was new to him – from sabotage to coal theft to illegal squatting in Eskom housing.
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