Workers will lay criminal urges against former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter over his reluctance to name officials he accused of alleged corruption at the troubled power utility, South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has announced.
In the explosive TV interview just days before his resignation last month, de Ruyter sensationally claimed that there was rampant corruption at Eskom involving senior ministers and other ruling African National Congress officials who treated the power utility as “a feeding trough”.
Vavi said the workers would submit an affidavit on Monday afternoon at the Hillbrow Police Station in Johannesburg laying out charges against the former Eskom chief.
“We will be asking the police to start a criminal investigation on his refusal to lay criminal charges against the people who he alleged to have committed acts of criminality at Eskom,” Vavi said.
This development comes after de Ruyter reportedly failed to respond to SAFTU’s letter requesting him to furnish further information to the authorities on the alleged criminal activities at Eskom, he said.
SAFTU wanted de Ruyter to reveal the identity of the senior ministers and officials that he alluded to during the television.
De Ruyter’s claims ruffled some feathers in the political establishment, with the ANC top brass accusing him of lying to cover up for his managerial shortcomings at the power utility which has been experiencing serious shortage of electricity over the past few years.
The want him to report to the police those officials he claimed are behind the corruption.
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