OUTA urges President Cyril Ramaphosa to act decisively on Eskom corruption allegations

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) says the African National Congress (ANC) needs to take seriously the former Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter’s allegations that ministers and senior officials are involved in criminal activities by state-owned entities.

In a recent TV interview, De Ruyter revealed that organised crime, which allegedly involved government leaders, was costing Eskom about R1 billion a month. The ANC has rejected De Ruyter’s corruption claims, saying that he failed to revamp Eskom. OUTA’s CEO Wayne Duvenage says President Cyril Ramaphosa should act decisively.

“I certainly do not think that the ruling party is demonstrating that it is taking this matter seriously. What it needs to do is appoint a team of investigators to get to the bottom of Andre De Ruyter’s claims. There is a lot of talk and indications that something is clearly wrong but we do not hear the ANC or the president jumping to the issue, that we will get to the bottom of this, or that we will demonstrate to you meaningfully that we have investigated all these allegations and we are going to take action. All we hear is an attack on the individual. That is the saddest situation we can find ourselves in as a country because it does indicate that they are not taking this matter seriously.

Source: SABC

In other news – AKA opened up about being snubbed at Nelli Tembe’s funeral program

AKA addressed vital issues in the Mass Country album which was posthumously released on Friday, 24th of February.

The rapper talked about life, his current relationship, family, and his ex-lover Nelli Tembe who died after jumping off the balcony of a hotel. Nelli died a few weeks after accepting Kiernan “AKA” Forbes’ proposal and payment of her lobola. However, he was not honoured by the Tembe’s family. Learn more