Zuma addresses fallout from fresh scandal in South Africa

28 Novembre 2017

Cape Town, South Africa, November 28 (Infosplusgabon) - South African President Jacob Zuma has met with National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete amid claims that a powerful lawmaker was offered a bribe by a Cabinet minister to influence the outcome of a damning probe into a multi-million dollar corruption scandal at the state-owned power utility Eskom.

The Presidency said Mbete briefed Zuma on allegations of interference by the Minister of State Security, Bongani Bongo, in the parliamentary inquiry by the Public Enterprises Committee on the affairs of Eskom.

Zuma’s office said he is attending to the matter.

Advocate Ntuthuzelo Vanara has prepared an affidavit in which he alleged that Bongo had offered him a bribe to derail the inquiry.

The ruling African National Congress said it takes "serious exception to allegations of attempts to collapse this inquiry and derail the work of Parliament".

The official opposition Democratic Alliance said it would write to Mbete to "demand protection for both members of the portfolio committee on public enterprises currently investigating allegations of state capture at Eskom as well as the witnesses appearing before the inquiry".

Eskom is the largest producer of electricity in Africa and is among the top seven utilities in the world in terms of generation capacity.

FIN/INFOSPLUSGABON/TRE/GABON 2017

© Copyright Infosplusgabon