in 2019, a businessman, andre de ruyter, was brought in to clean up the state power utility eskom.lenges. so, the stays were cut, the tower was pushed over onto the other line but nothing was stolen, so this is not an economic crime. this was clearly now an act of sabotage and i think we can call it as such. but that outspokenness would soon get him in trouble. in fact, as we'll see in a moment, it would get him poisoned. the pressure to break south africa's dependence on coal has been building for years and yet, south ofjohannesburg, machines the size of apartment blocks still scrape at the earth to expose more rich seams. south africa is addicted to coal. right now, 85% of all the power consumed in this country comes from burning this stuff — that's compared with less than 2% in somewhere like the uk — which is why this relatively small economy is still one of the world's great c02 emitters. and here's the impact. machine whirrs. eight—year—old princess matsebula has grown up in coal country. when she struggles with breathing, it's very hard cos she'll be quiet, she won't eat, sh

andre de ruyter, the former ceo of eskom, he has said that organised criminal cartels have been operatingenergy company. he says that the anc knows about it. 0ne senior minister acknowledged it to him and said, to paraphrase him, that the comrades have to eat. and another senior figure inside the ruling party, according to mr de ruyter, was actively involved in the systemic corruption. the less said about de ruyter, the better, because... because it's too embarrassing. no, he should be telling us that these are the steps he has taken. the minister is not the minister of the maintenance of law and order and the maintenance ofjustice in this country. but if he reports systemic criminality linked to the anc, don't you want to know about it? all he could do that is best in terms of dealing with the challenges that are facing eskom was to write a book which is not conclusive, all in all, including giving us... that is why i've taken him to court and i'm suing him, not for money, but for saying to him, bring what you say to the fore, because you failed as an agent of the law. the position that

the governing anc hired this white businessman, andre de ruyter, to fix eskom the power utility.k we can call it as such. but he soon declared the corruption was just too big and that powerful politicians were involved. then last december, he was poisoned, his cup of coffee laced with cyanide. he nearly died. i started feeling - extremely nauseous. at that stage, i was shaking badly. i was literally lying - like this and and shaking, gasping for air. but the response from south africa's anc government has been sceptical. i can't give evidence to that. his doctors say he was poisoned. the tests show he was poisoned with cyanide poisoning. i can't give evidence to that. so you don't recognise this picture he's portrayed of an anc using eskom as a feeding trough? no, i don't. the irony is that vast, sun—blessed south africa could quickly solve its power crisis by going green. but for now, south africa remains in the dark. traffic lights down, corruption out of control. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. the bbc has been given cctv footage which appears to show a police van foll

the governing anc hired this white businessman, andre de ruyter, to fix eskom, the power utility.it as such... but he soon declared the corruption was just too big and that powerful politicians were involved. then last december he was poisoned, his cup of coffee laced with cyanide. he nearly died. i started feeling extremely nauseous. at that stage i was shaking badly, i was literally lying like this and shaking, gasping for air. but the response from south africa's anc government has been sceptical. i can't give evidence to that. his doctors say he was poisoned, the tests showed he was poisoned with cyanide... i can't... ..rat poisoning. i can't give evidence to that. so you don't recognise this picture he's portrayed of an anc using eskom as a feeding trough? no, i don't. the irony is that vast sun—blessed south africa could quickly solve its power crisis by going green. but for now, south africa remains in the dark, traffic lights down, corruption out of control. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. rolf harris, who was jailed for a series of indecent assaults on girls, has