Why your lights go off

Nuclear Deal: Zuma's R1 Trillion Rosatom Procurement Attempt

R1 trillion (estimated programme cost — stopped by court)

The Eskom Energy Crisis: From Load Shedding to Load Collapse

R500.0 billion

Eskom Debt Relief: R254 Billion Taxpayer Bailout of Corruption-Accumulated Debt

R254 billion

Kusile Power Station: R233 Billion — The Most Expensive Coal Plant in History

R233 billion

Medupi Power Station: R135-234 Billion Mega-Project Plagued by Corruption and Failure

R135-234 billion

Chancellor House/Hitachi Boiler Scandal: ANC Profits from $5.6 Billion Eskom Contracts

R96 billion (combined Medupi/Kusile boiler contracts; ~$5.6B)

Infrastructure Theft Crisis: R47 Billion National Catastrophe

R47 billion+

PetroSA SOE Collapse: R14.5 Billion Loss, No Audited Financials Since 2020

R14.5 billion

Mpumalanga Coal Mafia: R10 Billion in Eskom Supply Contract Capture

R10 billion

Strategic Fuel Fund: 10 Million Barrels of the National Oil Reserve Sold for $281m at the Bottom of the Market — Declared Unlawful

$281 million (~R4.5bn at 2016 rates) for the entire reserve; state ordered to refund buyers

Eskom-Gupta Brakfontein Coal Contract: R3.7B Declared Unlawful

R3.7 billion

Eskom Diesel Tender MWP2197GX: R3bn Prepaid Outside Contract Terms, Officials Disciplined, Hawks Referral

R3 billion (prepayments outside contract terms; R21bn tender)

Eskom R659M Prepayment to Tegeta: State Funds Used to Finance Gupta Mine Acquisition

R2.34 billion (R659M prepayment + R1.68B guarantee)

Zwane / DMR Capture: Optimum Coal Mine Facilitation & Mining Charter Manipulation

R2.17 billion

Tshwane–PEU Smart Meters: 19.5c on Every Rand of Electricity, No Tender — Full Bench Declares the Contract and Its R950m Exit Unconstitutional

R830 million (paid to PEU by termination; R950m termination fee set aside)

Eskom Kusile/Matla: SIU Freezes R76.5m in Properties and Vehicles

R76.5 million (preserved)

Oilgate: PetroSA Launders R11M to ANC Election Campaign

R15 million

Eskom Buyer Convicted: R8.5m in Tenders Steered to Partner's and Uncle's Companies

R8,525,738 (prejudice to Eskom, court record)

Andre de Ruyter: Eskom CEO Poisoned with Cyanide

Lynne Brown: Appointing Gupta-Linked Boards Across Eskom, Transnet, and Denel

Billions (indirect — enabled capture across multiple SOEs)