BACK TO BASICS
Members First

 Phone: +27 (0) 830 123 543
 Email: info@num.org.za
 Website: www.num.org.za

Friday , March , 29 2024
Subscribe to our News
Name

Search
NUM News
05

NUM notes and welcomes the reinstatement of Matshela Koko at Eskom

posted on
  NUM notes and welcomes the reinstatement of Matshela Koko at Eskom

NUM Press Statement, 05 January 2018

NUM notes and welcomes the reinstatement of Matshela Koko at Eskom

 

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) notes and welcomes the reinstatement of Matshela Koko at Eskom after the power utility’s disciplinary process has cleared him of any wrongdoing. Earlier, Koko was accused of awarding contracts worth R1-billion to a company linked to his stepdaughter.

Whilst the NUM welcomes reinstatement of Koko back to his position as Generation Divisional Executive, there are serious allegations of corrupt activities levelled against Eskom and we believe that government and Eskom Board should get to the bottom of these allegations and root out corruption completely in this company. It is a grave concern that all these alleged corrupt activities and exchange of money which also involves people outside Eskom happened whilst both Eskom Board and Exco were watching, and it is quite difficult to believe that they were completely unaware about the rot that was creeping into the organization.

NUM believes that the only way of ensuring that corruption is dealt with effectively in Eskom is when a comprehensive Judicial Commission of Inquiry into state capture is set up and investigate all these corrupt activities that happened in government departments and state-owned entities like Eskom. NUM further believes that Eskom needs to review this cumbersome Conflict of interest policy, particularly with regard to the declaration of interest as many of our members at lower levels of the company fell victims of and were ultimately dismissed by Eskom.

NUM is also seriously doubtful about the competency of the current Eskom Board in providing clean governance in Eskom and unfortunately, workers are the ones who are always on the receiving end as it will be seen during this year wage negotiations when Eskom will be pleading poverty whilst it is known where the money is to be recovered.

For more information, please contact:
David Sipunzi: NUM General Secretary: 082 883 7293
Livhuwani Mammburu: NUM National Spokesperson, 083 809 3257

Address:
7 Rissik Street.
Cnr Frederick,
Johannesburg 2001
Tel: 011 377 2111

Web: www.num.org.za
Twitter: @Num Media
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/NUM/100860023402167

Categories: | Tags: | Comments: (0) | View Count: (3819) | Return

Post a Comment

About Us
The National Union of Mineworkers was founded in 1982.

Its birth was facilitated by comrades Cyril Ramaphosa who rose to be its first General Secretary, James Motlatsi who turned to be its first President, and Elijah Barayi who became its Vice President and later the President of Cosatu in 1985 when the federation was formed. porn