Premier Alan Winde on exemption of Eskom from financial scrutiny
16 April 2023
Premier urges public to take a stand against continued attempt to exempt Eskom from financial scrutiny
Premier Alan Winde is demanding clarity from Eskom and national government on their insistence to push ahead with the exemption of Eskom from the Public Finance Management Act. This would see it not disclosing its irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure in its annual financial statements for the last financial year and the next two years.
Following a massive outcry over the move, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana withdrew the exemption on 5 April, apparently to allow for further consultation.
“It appears the Minister is now trying to sneak this outrageous exemption through the back door by gazetting a public participation process. This was always an attempt to hide maladministration and corruption to secure more funding to deal with the power utility’s growing debt. This flies in the face of good governance and cannot be allowed.”