Assets of former Eskom manager frozen

The High Court in Pretoria has granted the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (NPA AFU) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) an order to freeze the assets belonging to Eskom’s former middle manager for Program Complex Projects Duduzile Moyo and her husband Mmoloki Moyo.

The assets include a luxury property on the Silver Lakes Golf Estate in Pretoria, a Mercedes Benz Viano and a Chevrolet Utility vehicle.

According to a joint statement by the two units, the order includes a trust and business named after her children – Onalerona Trust and Tshimologo Trading and Projects – as well as two trustees, Tandiwe Gloria Nzama and Anani Sanelisiwe Dlamini, who is also the sole member of Tshimologo.

“The order emanates from the SIU’s investigations into Moyo’s conduct in her role as Eskom’s Supply Manager/Contracts Manager/Employer’s Representative who contracted a business named Tamukelo.

“Tamukelo was appointed to transport raw and potable water from Kendal Power Station to Kusile Power Station. In her position as Eskom Contracts Manager, Moyo signed 23 interim payment certificates in respect of Tamukelo’s services for the period December 2011 to July 2014 totalling approximately R138 million,” the statement read.

The two units said the probe further revealed that entities linked or associated with Moyo allegedly received payments from Tamukelo and its representatives while she was negotiating and managing Eskom’s contract with the company.

Her alleged modus operandi was “to create structures of entities owned by members of her family and friends to receive these funds”.

“There was a clear conflict of interest in that she received these funds in circumstances where part of her duties and functions were as a Middle Manager. Moyo was also part of a team that presented the negotiation strategy of the Tamukelo tender worth over R300 million to the tender and procurement committee.

“She also deceived Eskom and repeatedly made fraudulent misrepresentations, declaring that there was no conflict of interest when dealing with Tamukelo and other role players for five years when signing Eskom’s annual declaration of Conflict of Interest Policy,” the two units said.

This is the second freezing order obtained against Moyo after her Eskom pension was frozen in September after her resignation from the power utility that same month.