The ANC is rejecting calls for a special committee to investigate Andre de Ruyter’s claims of corruption at Eskom – but Scopa is pushing ahead with its own plans.
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts says it will form an oversight committee to investigate the explosive allegations of the maladministration of public funds at Eskom by its former chief executive officer, Andre de Ruyter., De Ruyter made several serious allegations of entrenched corruption at Eskom, said to be orchestrated and perpetrated by high-ranking ANC officials.
The ANC rejected and denied the allegations, calling for proof. The party has also launched legal action against De Ruyter and Eskom to have the comment retracted. A vote on establishing the ad hoc committee will be held next week. As has been the case with several attempts to investigate matters of corruption before, it is anticipated that the ANC will use its current majority in parliament to shoot this down.Despite the chances of a focused ad hoc committee being slim to nothing, Scopa said that there was unanimous agreement in the committee for further investigations into De Ruyter’s claims to take place.
The committee chairperson, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, maintained that regardless of establishing an ad hoc committee, Scopa “must not be in a default position should this committee not materialise.”
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