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All pain points

Darkness

Why your lights go off

R2.3T

financial exposure · 16 documented incidents

No Action
2015

ISivumelwano seNyukliya: Umzamo kaZuma wokuFumana iRosatom ngeR1 yeTriyoni

R1 trillion (estimated programme cost — stopped by court)

Investigation
2008

Ingxaki yaMandla kaEskom: Ukusuka ekugxothweni koMtyalo ukuya ekuFikekeni koMtyalo

R500.0 billion

No Action
2023

UNcedo lweTyala likaEskom: R254 yeBhiliyoni yoMhlawuli weRhafu kuNcedo loRhwaphilizo-iTyala elongezelelekileyo

R254 billion

Civil Recovery
2007

Isitishi soMbane saseKusile: I-R233 yeBhiliyoni - Esona sikhululo samalahle sixabisa kakhulu kwimbali

R233 billion

Civil Recovery
2007

Isikhululo soMbane saseMedupi: i-R135-234 yeBhiliyoni ye-Mega-Projekthi ethwaxwa luRhwaphilizo kunye nokuSilela

R135-234 billion

Civil Recovery
2007

IChancellor House/Hitachi Boiler Scandal: Ingeniso yeANC kwi $5.6 Billion yeZibhambathiso zeEskom

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

No Action
2020

INgxaki yokubiwa kweZibonelelo: iR47 yeBhiliyoni yeNtlekele yeSizwe

R47 billion+

No Action
2024

I-PetroSA SOE Collapse: Ilahleko yebhiliyoni eyi-R14.5, Akukho ziMali ziPhicothiweyo ukusukela ngo-2020

R14.5 billion

Investigation
2008

I-Mafia yamalahle yaseMpumalanga: I-R10 yeBhiliyoni kwi-Eskom yokuThatha ikhontrakthi yokuThengisa

R10 billion

Civil Recovery
2015

Ikhontrakthi yamalahle kaEskom-Gupta eBrakfontein: R3.7B ibhengezwe ngokungekho mthethweni

R3.7 billion

Inquiry
2016

I-Eskom iR659M iNtlawulo yangaphambili eTegeta: IiNgxowa-mali zoMbuso ezisetyenziselwa ukuFumana umgodi wakwaGupta

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

Inquiry
2015

Zwane / DMR Capture: Esona siKhokelelwano soMgodi wamalahle kunye nokuLawula uMqulu wamalahle

R2.17 billion

Civil Recovery
2026

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

R76.5 million (preserved)

No Action
2002

I-Oilgate: IPetroSA Ikhupha i-R11M kwiPhulo loNyulo lwe-ANC

R15 million

Investigation
2022

U-Andre de Ruyter: I-CEO yakwaEskom Utyhefwe ngeCyanide

No Action
2014

ULynne Brown: Ukonyula iibhodi eziNxulunyaniswe noGupta kuEskom, Transnet, neDenel

Billions (indirect — enabled capture across multiple SOEs)

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