In a disturbing revelation, a senior executive at Eskom, the South African state-owned power utility, allegedly offered a hitman a substantial sum of money to assassinate Dorothy Mmushi, a courageous middle manager within Eskom’s forensic department. Mmushi had exposed a network of illicit activities by organised crime syndicates and reported them to the authorities. The hitman, whose conversation with Mmushi was recorded, claimed that her boss was involved in the scheme and had paid him for the assassination. Despite Mmushi’s efforts to seek help from Eskom and law enforcement, her pleas seemingly went unanswered. This incident underscores the dangerous challenges faced by whistleblowers attempting to combat corruption and criminality within Eskom, as evidenced by previous alleged assassination attempts against executives who sought to expose wrongdoing.
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By Myles Illidge
A senior executive at Eskom allegedly offered a hitman R400,000 to assassinate a middle manager who had exposed looting operations by organised crime syndicates, City Press reports.
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