MK Party demands full bid record for energy tender awarded to former Eskom exec Oberholzer
A multibillion-rand energy tender was awarded to a company headed-up by former Eskom executive, Jan Oberholzer.
Former Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer. Picture: X/Eskom_SA
JOHANNESBURG - The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party says it wants full disclosure of the bid-adjudication records, after a multibillion-rand energy tender was awarded to a company headed up by former Eskom executive, Jan Oberholzer.
On Friday, the electricity department announced the preferred bidders of its Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme.
Out of the five available projects, four were awarded to the renewable energy company, Mulilo Energy.
In September 2023, Mulilo appointed Oberholzer as its chairperson just two months after he left Eskom as its chief operating officer.
MK Party national spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said: "The MK Party has written formally to the minister of electricity and energy, demanding full disclosure of the bid adjudication records within seven days. Should the minister fail to comply, the MK Party will immediately approach the courts to interdict and suspend these contracts."