We are still in the 🔦dark, not just because of unwavering 💡rolling blackouts loadshedding, but also because the former Eskom boss refused to identify the minister who must eat for the greater good. hungryminister hewhomustnotbenamed Full story here➡️
, De Ruyter refused to say which “senior politician” was involved, or at which government level the politician was involved in. He insisted that naming the person may compromise law enforcement investigations.
“There is a narrative in the media that there is a minister that I mentioned. “I must just avoid any doubt in this regard. I never made any statement to the fact that it is a minister. I said it was a senior politician,” he told Scopa.The evidence used by De Ruyter to implicate top officials in government and the ANC in corruption was found wild and untested, according to investigative journalist Jacques Pauw, who said he had cancelled a book he was writing on Eskom.Newzroom Afrika“I started going through them and I realised there is no substance here. There is absolutely no evidence,” he said. “I can understand why De Ruyter launched this investigation because we all know how useless law enforcement agencies are and there is some empathy for him that he was looking for private money to launch this investigation, but he took mere allegations and made wide accusations and stated it as facts.”Political analyst Goodenough Mashego said De Ruyter’s performance was not his best when realising most of his information was not first-hand. “The fact that it was a report compiled by a former apartheid spy, somebody who could have [other] intentions, and a report funded from outside makes his reputation shaky,” he said.“The bigger question now was, if you are a whistle-blower, you should know whistle-blowers always give names.Information with no credibility
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