Mabuza explains McKinsey-Eskom buddy system, Tshwane axes GladAfrica contract

[Click here for the web version of this email]( [Daily Maverick] Monday, 25 February 2019 While You Were Working [Mabuza shows McKinsey's Eskom-vantage]( Speaking today at the State Capture Commission, Eskom board chairperson Jabu Mabuza has explained how ex-CEO Matshela Koko handed a key advantage to management consulting firm and "speak to my wallet" advocates McKinsey and Trillian. Mabuza testified that Koko supplied confidential documents to Gupta lackey Salim Essa, in turn opening up a critical head-start to Trillian and McKinsey. [Tshwane mayor cancels GladAfrica contract]( Tshwane Mayor Stevens Mokgalapa has announced the end of the controversial GladAfrica contract. The Municipal Manager of City of Tshwane, Tshwane Moeketsi Mosol abruptly ceased his defence of the contract, conceding that it was indeed irregular. — [Exclusive Books - Top 10 For Discerning Readers]( [EOH suspends graft-tainted employees]( EOH Holdings Ltd has suspended an estimated six individuals implicated in tainted contracts currently under investigation by lawyers. The South African IT giant has had its relationship with Microsoft terminated following an anonymous tip-off to discrepancies relating to public-sector contracts. [May wants Brexit end in March]( UK Prime Minister Theresa May has evidently told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that she did not want the Brexit process to extend beyond 29 March. Should a British parliamentary vote on 12 March fail, the EU is expected to request that May extend the Brexit deadline to 2021. — [Exclusive Books - Top 10 For Discerning Readers]( [Successful Sociopaths: Every Country Has Them]( [Sponsored Content by Showmax]( South Africa knows a little something about prosperity-related family dysfunction. In the 2018 hit drama “Succession”, now streaming exclusively on Showmax, the Logans are the poster family for both wealth and personality disorders. But South Africa’s stinking rich may be able to give them a run for their... well, money. — [You Are Invited]( There are a handful of tickets left for our Maverick Insider event ‘Behind The Story, Insider the Commission’ with Ferial Haffajee, Richard Poplak, Pauli Van Wyk and Rebecca Davis. This Thursday evening at The Forum, Bryanston. [Last tickets available through Quicket.]( Featured Articles [Bosasa to get the boot from prisons and courts]( [Bosasa to get the boot from prisons and courts]( BY Greg Nicolson [Twenty-five years of democracy (Part 3): Denial of dignity then and now]( [Twenty-five years of democracy (Part 3): Denial of dignity then and now]( BY Raymond Suttner [To Adri Senekal De Wet: The soul is dead at Independent]( [To Adri Senekal De Wet: The soul is dead at Independent]( BY Sam Sole Opinionistas [Protecting our own traitors]( BY Nel Marais [From the Inside: It may be slow, difficult and incremental but, over 10 years, our progress is undeniable]( BY Helen Zille [Exclusive Books - Top 10 For Discerning Readers]( [FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND]( Copyright © 2019 Daily Maverick, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you are awesome and on the Daily Maverick Afternoon Thing subscriber list. Want to advertise in this mail? [Talk to us.](mailto:advertise@dailymaverick.co.za?subject=Advertising%20query%3A%20Afternoon%20Thing) [Getting too many emails from us? Manage your preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](