Former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has launched a surprise tell-all book about his time in charge of the utility.
, de Ruyter does not name the politicians in his book but explicitly names public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s national security adviser Sydney Mufamadi, as knowing about it.
On top of being more direct on the politicians involved, de Ruyter also expands on the criminal syndicates robbing Eskom dry and adding fresh allegations of interference at the power utility. In terms of interference, the former CEO reportedly pointed to a strained relationship with the new board which tried to usurp operation powers from the executive team and sidelined them frequently. This made de Ruyter’s job untenable, he said.
Security officials addressing Scopa over the past few weeks have homed in on De Ruyter’s R50 million private “intelligence gathering” operation, questioning its legality and giving different accounts of how aware they were that it existed. The minister didn’t specify how the investigation should be done but stressed that the issues had to be addressed as load shedding and criminal activities were increasing, he said.When André de Ruyter took over as Eskom CEO in January 2020, he quickly realised why it was considered the toughest job in South Africa.
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