Opinion | Gordhan’s schoolboy antics do Eskom no favours, by Sandra Laurence
CEO André de Ruyter’s allegations of high-level political involvement in crime and corruption at Eskom, public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan unfortunately allowed his commentary to degenerate into schoolboy pettiness.
Asked by ANC MP Bheki Hadebe whether De Ruyter was “covering up his failings at Eskom”, Gordhan grudgingly admitted that the ex-CEO had inherited an organisation with huge financial constraints and that Covid had meant the maintenance of Koeberg was delayed, for instance, because the borders were closed and French technicians could not travel. But it was damning with faint praise.“Regrettably, some human beings find it hard to take a knock.
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