News24 first saw the so-called 'Eskom intelligence reports' in October 2022. We never published investigative reports based on it, because the evidence wasn't there, writes PieterDuToit , assistant editor of investigations.
News24 first saw the so-called"Eskom intelligence reports" in October 2022. We never published investigative reports based on it, because the evidence wasn't there, writesIn January 2021, News24 was given access to a vast trove of documents related to corruption at Eskom.
Our reporting emanating from that project was augmented by first-hand reporting based on sources we were able to cultivate, visits to locations and sites that cropped up in the documents, and hard yards in independently verifying what the documents were telling us.- which blew the lid off the extent, breadth and depth of corruption in the company.
The private investigators also had the support of De Ruyter to do what needed to be done. The purpose of the investigations, as we understood it, was to compile evidence to enable law enforcement to move swiftly and surgically.We almost immediately tried to get access to the private firm's reports - and, once we learned it was being conducted by George Fivaz Forensic and Risk , News24 made contact with Fivaz and his chief investigator, Tony Oosthuizen.
On 22 September 2022, we were shown an updated version of the elaborate and detailed organogram produced by GFFR, setting out the existence of several"crime cartels" operating in Eskom. This organogram looked significant, in our view, because, up until then, the much-vaunted Project Ostrich wasn't really producing much.
On 10 October 2022, after having done preliminary analysis on the first"intelligence reports" and the organogram, we sent a detailed list of questions to Eskom about companies linked to individuals identified by GFFR. These individuals were seemingly linked to Mantashe, the"presidential cartel" and Eskom.
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