South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his cabinet have urged former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter to report allegations of corruption at the troubled power utility to the relevant law enforcement authorities, APA has learnt.
Briefing the media on Thursday, Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, said the country’s crime fighting institutions “stand ready to arrest and prosecute those who break the law.”
“We call on anyone with information related to crime and corruption to report what they know to the relevant law enforcement authorities,” Gungubele said.
The minister said the president earlier this week had also encouraged de Ruyter to report allegations of corruption at Eskom during a media briefing at the conclusion of his meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni who was on a state visit to South Africa.
“All of us are duty-bound to fight corruption and to the prescripts of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, which requires people in positions of authority in the public and private sectors to report all corrupt activities,” the minister said.
De Ruyter, who left Eskom end of February a month earlier than his announced date, told South Africans in an explosive TV interview that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) treated the embattled power utility as “a feeding trough.”
This did not go down well with the party which gave the De Ruyter a week to file charges against the ANC or face counter-charges against him.
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