Eskom Deal Partly Blamed for South Africa Power Cuts: City Press
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A decision to stop a boiler-monitoring software contract worth 275 million rand ($19 million) between Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. and Carab Technologies (Pty) Ltd. may have contributed to the rolling blackouts that are hobbling the nation, City Press newspaper reported.
The National Treasury in 2017 refused Eskom’s request to extend a contract with Carab, which is owned by former Eskom employees Dirk Van Aarde and Fanie Scheepers, to provide software and technology to monitor the boilers. Both are facing allegations of fraud and of using the software paid for by the power company, according to City Press.