The Hawks and the SIU have suggested that former Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter lied about reporting corrupt activities at the parastatal in contravention of fraud and corruption legislation.
The Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation and the Special Investigating Unit have suggested that former Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter lied about reporting corrupt activities at the parastatal, in contravention of fraud and corruption legislation.
De Ruyter made the claims in a February interview with news channel eNCA. He also said there were efforts to interfere with the $8.5 billion promised by France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union for country’sThe SIU wants De Ruyter to say why Eskom appointed private investigators to look into graft at the power utility instead of reporting the crimes to the Hawks and the SIU.
In his 27-page presentation, Lebeya said people in senior management at public institutions had “a duty” to report crimes, and that failure to do so was “an offence”. “In terms of section 34 of [the Act], the former CEO as a person in a position of authority had a legal duty to report the suspicion of crime to the SAPS . The SAPS official to whom the report is made is required to provide an acknowledgement of receipt after such [a] report is made,” Mothibi said.
“These steps include a meeting held on Saturday 4 June 2022 at Megawatt Park with senior police officials, including the national police commissioner, General Fannie Masemola,” De Ruyter said at the time. “The only matter he raised [with me] was that of Mr Matshela Koko; that he is aware there is a case, but [it] seems to not be moving or doing anything.”
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