Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan appeared before Parliament's Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) to discuss former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter’s disclosures.
The committee wants to get more information on the allegations made by de Ruyter, who told Scopa to contact Gordhan, the Hawks and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s national security adviser, Sydney Mufamadi for further details on the allegations he made in the eNCA interview.
De Ruyter, who this week published a book, Truth to Power, about his three years at Eskom, told Scopa he reported the identity of a high-ranking politician involved in criminal activities in Eskom to Gordhan, Mufamadi and the Hawks.
Minister Gordhan’s appearance before Scopa follows former Eskom interim board chairperson Professor Malegapuru Makgoba’s revelations last week.
Makgoba, who backed up de Ruyter’s version of events, told the committee that de Ruyter had informed him of an intelligence operation at the entity.