The great power robbery: on the trail of looted Eskom billions

The Hawks are working closely with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe tender irregularities within Eskom, following billions of rands that flowed offshore in “the great power robbery”.

February 19, 2019 at 06:02 am

The Competitions Tribunal has dismissed Econ Oil bid for relief after Eskom suspended it as a supplier following a Bowmans report which found it supplied fuel at inflated costs. (Eskom)

The Hawks are working closely with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to probe tender irregularities within Eskom, following billions of rands that flowed offshore in “the great power robbery”.

“It’s clear it’s not just one family like the Guptas who have capitalised on this,” a government insider, with intimate knowledge of the Medupi and Kusile power plant saga and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan to stem Eskom’s collapse, told Times Select.