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SANCO calls for probe of corruption allegations against Eskom boss

───   12:31 Sun, 26 Mar 2017

SANCO calls for probe of corruption allegations against Eskom boss | News Article

Johannesburg - The South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) on Sunday urged the Public Protector to probe allegations of corruptions against Eskom boss, Matshela Koko.


This follows a Sunday Times report alleging that Koko’s stepdaughter scored contracts worth R1 billion for her company from the parastatal.

 

“Public confidence in state institutions is eroded by allegations of state capture and perceptions that State Owned Enterprises (SoE’s) are cash cows for the elite, the politically connected, their cronies and families,” highlighted SANCO National Spokesperson, Jabu Mahlangu.

 

Mahlangu said that inaction on the part of SoE Boards and principals that are supposed to be holding SoE’s accountable are reinforcing perceptions that there is no political will to stamp the rising tide of corruption.

 

He called on the Eskom Board to lay corruption charges against Koko and suspend him pending the outcome of the investigation by the Public Protector.

 

“The allegations that Impulse International was awarded eight lucrative contracts from a division of Eskom that Koko headed up until he became acting CEO at the power utility, warrants decisive action,” he stressed.

 

Mahlangu said that the Assets Forfeiture Unit must speedily move in if it is established that Koko failed to declare the conflict of interest and or manipulated tender processes to benefit a member of his family.

 

He called for adjudication of SoE’s tenders to be centralised with the involvement of National Treasury as well as line departments and to be subjected to a rigorous independent integrity check as part of an evaluation process to eliminate corruption,” he said.


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