On Tuesday the Hawks arrested Nkhetheni Percy Ramaru (51) Eskom’s Senior Technician, for fraud, corruption and money laundering. 

Ramaru was employed by Eskom as Senior Technician Field Service as alleged. He misrepresented to Eskom that he was not conducting business with the entity.

The matter was referred to the Hawks Middelburg based Serious Corruption Investigation for further investigation. Investigation was finalised and the case was referred for decision. A warrant of arrest was authorised and executed on Tuesday, 13 February, hence the court appearance.

The matter was reported to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). During investigation, SIU discovered that the Ramaru failed to declare conflict of interest to Eskom, whilst investigations revealed that he was a shareholder at a company called MXO Logistics cc.

The company was conducting business with Eskom. This was discovered on the declaration forms and tender documents submitted by MXO Logistics cc to Eskom. As a result Eskom suffered an actual loss of about  R14,940,00.

The accused was released on  R10 000.00 bail. The case is remanded to the Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crimes court on 19 February 2024.