Ramaphosa needs police case to act on Ruyter corruption allegations, says Presidency
The Presidency has questioned why Eskom's former CEO Andre de Ruyter did not take allegations of corruption at the utility to the police.
De Ruyter made the claims during a television interview last week.
He said evidence suggests Eskom is a feeding trough for the ANC.
De Ruyter said he'd shared his concerns about irregularities and corruption with a cabinet minister and senior advisors to the president.
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At a briefing on Wednesday afternoon, Presidency spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said Cyril Ramaphosa cannot do anything with the allegations at this stage.
"You give the president a name of the minister that you allege to be involved in corruption. Then what, what does it do? He cannot act on that information that has not been corroborated while there is no case behind that information.
"I am struggling to understand what is the difficulty with Mr De Ruyter going to a police station and saying I am here to report a crime."
