{"id":165247,"date":"2017-03-20T08:52:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T06:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=165247"},"modified":"2017-03-20T08:52:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T06:52:40","slug":"eskom-spends-r311-million-on-unapproved-project-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/energy\/165247\/eskom-spends-r311-million-on-unapproved-project-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Eskom spends R311 million on unapproved project: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown is demanding answers from the Eskom board after it spent R311 million on a project that was denied approval.<\/p>\n

According to a letter\u00a0obtained by City Press<\/a><\/strong>, Brown has expressed concerns after Eskom continued to fund its\u00a0Back to Basics (B2B) Programme\u00a0in the face of a clear thumbs down from the previous\u00a0Public Enterprises Minister, Malusi Gigaba.<\/p>\n

The programme is aimed at improving Eskom\u2019s business processes involving engineering reliability and maintenance of the power utility\u2019s assets, information technology, quality assurance, and promoting the safe and healthy lifestyle of employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to your letter, the board\u2019s investment subcommittee has condoned the irregular expenditure amounting to R310 788 195 regarding the B2B Programme,” said Brown.<\/p>\n

“As you are aware, section 51(1) of the PFMA [Public Finance Management Act] requires the board inter alia to take effective and appropriate steps to prevent irregular expenditure as well as disciplinary steps against any employee who makes or permits irregular expenditure,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n

Brown also pointed to the fact that the power provider spent a total of\u00a0 R2.55 billion on the project since 2014 and asked the board to clarify what benefits could currently be seen in the company that correlates to the amount being spent.<\/p>\n

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