Andre de Ruyter, chief executive officer of Eskom Holdings Ltd., arrives during the state of the nation ceremony in the national assembly in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced sweeping changes to the structure of the nation's electricity industry to address energy shortages and reduce the reliance on state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Photographer: Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg
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Former Eskom CEO to meet with lawmakers about corruption allegations
Andre de Ruyter has agreed to appear before South African parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts - with a written submission.
By Renee Bonorchis
Andre de Ruyter, the former chief executive officer of state-owned power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. who said the organization was riddled with corruption, has agreed to appear before the South African parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts and also present a written submission.
He will be asked about corruption, theft, maladministration, sabotage, lack of consequence management, cartels and other financial irregularities at Eskom, the committee said in an emailed statement. A date for the meeting hasn't been set yet.
Andre de Ruyter in Johannesburg, in Oct. 2022. Photographer: Michele Spatari/Bloomberg
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