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Outa calls for investigation into “irregularities” at Eskom’s Ingula project

Outa has said it wants what it calls “…gross irregularities, overspending, maladministration and possible corruption” at Eskom’s Ingula Power Generation Scheme, investigated.

The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says it learned from Sunday night’s Carte Blanche exposé, and “other whistleblower input”, of financial problems at Eskom’s Ingula project. Outa believes these issues could have been avoided had Eskom ensured proper audit controls and management of contractor accountability.

“We find the regular repetition of excessive runaway costs of large capital expenditure projects at Eskom, a gross violation of the Public Finance Management Act and fiduciary duties of the Management and Board at Eskom,” Ivan Herselman, Outa’s Director of Legal Affairs said in a statement.

“Any serious over-expenditure of this nature needs to be thoroughly and independently investigated and accounted for, to the public.”

Wayne Duvenhage, Outa’s most public figure and the organisations Chairman, contributed the following to the matter: “The over expenditure issue at Ingula has once again provided the public with more reason to be incensed at the high electricity tariff hikes over the past nine years.”

“Eskom’s track record on capital expenditure projects at Medupi, Kusile and others, can be described as nothing short of diabolical and the Ingula matter just adds more fuel to Eskom’s fire of incompetence and unacceptably high operating and capital costs. One can imagine what lies ahead if Eskom are left to manage a Nuclear Energy build project.”

Outa ended off by encouraging anyone with insider knowledge and proof of wrongdoing within Eskom to come forward and report it via a secure “whistleblowing platform” on the Outa website.

 

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