Eskom CEO André de Ruyter.
Gwede Mantashe's recent attack on André de Ruyter and Eskom seems to be beyond the pale. Mantashe, the minister responsible for energy policy, has seen it fit to charge De Ruyter and his colleagues with an egregious crime without any evidence whatsoever, writes Pieter du Toit.
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