A businessperson from Mpumalanga who blew the whistle on corrupt Eskom employees who were allegedly fleecing his company after it was awarded a R400 million contract is now the target of a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation.
Lloyds Sambo, the husband of former Rise FM and Ligwalagwala FM current affairs presenter Carol Sanderson, submitted a dossier to Eskom executives, accusing the utility’s employees of making demands and trying to remove his company, Tamukelo Business Enterprises, which had a contract to supply potable water for the construction of Kusile Power Station.
Sambo and Sanderson are now the ones in trouble, after President Cyril Ramaphosa gave the SIU authority to investigate corruption at Eskom in 2018.
The investigation resulted in the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the SIU obtaining a preservation order on the couple’s properties, which include a five-star lodge in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, two houses, five cars, a golf cart and a quad bike.
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According to the NPA, Tamukelo, which provided water trucking services to the Kusile project site from June 2009 to November 2020, made various payments to the benefit of various current and former Eskom officials.
This alleged corrupt relationship resulted in one Eskom employee, Duduzile Babalwa Moyo, receiving a total of R24.5 million.
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