SIU probe sees Eskom senior manager's luxury house, cars frozen

The assets include a luxury property in Silver Lakes Estates, as well as two cars.

Moyo allegedly siphoned almost R25 million through contract fraud, where she contracted a company called Tamukelo Business Enterprise to transport water from Kendell to Kusile Power Station.

She signed off 23 certificates amounting to R138 million in just two-and-a-half years.

According to the SIU, the company then paid kickbacks to companies linked to her and her family.

In September this year, the SIU obtained a preservation order to freeze the pension and provident fund of Moyo before her subsequent resignation.

The order also includes Moyo’s two minor children, a trust, and businesses 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.

SIU Spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago says there was a clear conflict of interest in that Moyo received these funds in circumstances where part of her duties and functions were as a middle manager.

"The SIU probe revealed that Tamukelo and its representatives paid entities linked or associated with Moyo, whilst she negotiated and managed Eskom's contract with Tamukelo. 

"The modus operandi employed by Moyo was to create structures of entities owned by members of her family and friends to receive these funds. 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 Interest Policy."

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