Employees at Eskom, South Africa’s power utility, have allegedly hired assassins to silence individuals exposing corruption within the organization.
One such case involves Dorothy Mmushi, an employee in Eskom’s forensics department, who reported a criminal syndicate operating within the organization.
The South African government has announced progress in the crackdown on corruption at Eskom, the country’s power utility.
Since April 2022, over 2,000 cases related to criminality at Eskom have been reported to the South African Police Service (SAPS), with 1,586 cases currently under investigation.
South Africa’s police force is facing a significant decline in service numbers, according to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). The union warns that the country’s security forces are ill-prepared for potential future riots.