soon, seniorfigures within the governing anc started to attack de ruyter and his team at eskom. ..eskomstate. that�*s right. the energy minister was accusing de ruyter and his reform team of treason. one morning soon after that, de ruyter was in his office and asked an assistant for a cup of coffee. at first, the coffee machine was said to be broken and the eskom boss�*s mug was briefly left beside it unattended. minutes later, a full cup was taken to de ruyter. i detected nothing. and then about 15, 20 minutes after this cup of coffee, i started feeling extremely nauseous. and the theory is that it was a mixture of cyanide and sodium arsenite, which is a rat poison. he survived, but quit his job and fled the country. and this is where the poisoning happened — in a supposedly secure executive suite. it�*s an extraordinary thing for your ceo to be poisoned in the building. yeah. so, that investigation is ongoing at the moment. we have been engaging with the authorities on that. ongoing, but there have been no arrests. that�*s pretty shocking, given what happened. but i guess it�*s a proc

pleas from eskom, the state—owned energy company, for massive government investment were ignored foren compounded by corruption. a former boss of eskom alleges criminal cartels with connections inside government have siphoned billions out of the company. for many south africans, electricity is the only utility they have access to. in much of khayelitsha township piped water and sanitation are a distant dream. when you drive through khayelitsha township itjust seems to go on and on and on. it is vast. we reckon about 1.4 million people live here, but the truth is nobody really knows, cos every year more and more migrants arrive here from the rural areas far beyond cape town. when it comes to service delivery, it's here that people are really feeling that the system isn't working. daily power cuts are killing local businesses. wiseman makabongwe bambatha runs an upholstery business. show me inside your business because i want to see how many machines use electricity. but when the power is off, so is his electric sewing machine. which of your machines need electricity? it is the compres