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Eskom’s mandate too serious for it to deal with ‘frivolous’ race complaints, says board chair

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Makgoba told parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) that the public’s expectations of the power utility were “too serious” for it to be left to deal with “frivolous complaints”.

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Eskom was briefing the committee about the outcomes of an investigation into racism, nepotism and abuse of power allegations levelled against De Ruyter. He was cleared of all the allegations. He said Eskom has to focus on a new, high performance culture and stop using the race card as an excuse for anything that happens in the organisation.

 

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