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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU), through the National Prosecuting Authority\u2019s Asset Forfeiture<\/p>\n
Unit (AFU), has obtained a forfeiture order for luxury property in Silver Lakes Estates (Pretoria), a<\/p>\n
Mercedes Benz Viano and Chevrolet Utility that belongs to former Eskom\u2019s Middle Manager<\/p>\n
Duduzile Moyo and her husband, Mmoloki Moyo. These movable and immobile properties will now<\/p>\n
be auctioned to recover the loss that Eskom\u2019s Kusile Power Station suffered.<\/p>\n
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The forfeiture order, 20 March 2024, by the High Court of South Africa: Gauteng Division, Pretoria<\/p>\n
is an addition to a preservation order that has been served against Ms Moyo. In September 2022,<\/p>\n
the SIU obtained a preservation order from the Special Tribunal to freeze her pension benefits after<\/p>\n
she handed in her resignation earlier that month. She had allegedly received almost R25 million<\/p>\n
from an Eskom vendor, Tamukelo Business Enterprise, which was appointed to transport raw<\/p>\n
materials and water from Kendal Power Stations to Kusile Power Station.<\/p>\n
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The order emanates from the SIU\u2019s investigations into Ms Moyo\u2019s conduct as Eskom\u2019s Supply<\/p>\n
Manager\/Contracts Manager\/Employer\u2019s Representative who contracted a business named<\/p>\n
Tamukelo. Tamukelo was appointed to transport raw and potable water from Kendal Power Station<\/p>\n
to Kusile Power Station. In her position as Eskom Contracts Manager, Ms Moyo signed 23 interim<\/p>\n
payment certificates in respect of Tamukelo\u2019s services for the period December 2011 to July 2014,<\/p>\n
totalling approximately R138 million.<\/p>\n
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Furthermore, the SIU probe revealed that Tamukelo and its representatives paid entities linked or<\/p>\n
associated with Moyo while she negotiated and managed Eskom\u2019s contract with Tamukelo. Moyo’s<\/p>\n
modus operandi was to create structures of entities owned by members of her family and friends<\/p>\n
to receive these funds.<\/p>\n
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There was an apparent conflict of interest in that she received these funds in circumstances where<\/p>\n
part of her duties and functions were as a Middle Manager. Moyo was also part of a team that<\/p>\n
presented the negotiation strategy of the Tamukelo tender worth over R300 million to the tender<\/p>\n
and procurement committee. She also deceived Eskom and repeatedly made fraudulent<\/p>\n
misrepresentations, declaring that there was no conflict of interest when dealing with Tamukelo and<\/p>\n
other role players for five years when signing Eskom\u2019s Annual Declaration of Conflict Interest Policy.<\/p>\n
This forfeiture order is part of implementing the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, which sees law<\/p>\n
enforcement agencies working together to eradicate corruption in South Africa.<\/p>\n
The SIU was authorised by President Cyril Ramaphosa in terms of Proclamation R11 of 2018 to<\/p>\n
investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration in Eskom’s affairs and the conduct of<\/p>\n
Eskom officials and to recover any financial losses suffered by the State.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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