Eskom head of security still suspended on full pay, nine months later

The head of security at Eskom has been suspended on full pay for more than nine months as the company continues to "investigate" a single contract awarded during her tenure in July 2022. 

Karen Pillay, an advocate and a former investigator at the Directorate for Special Operations, was suspended in June last year over an emergency contract awarded to Fidelity Services to investigate coal theft at Eskom's 12 coal power stations.

The Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) allows contracts to be awarded without a competitive tender process, where circumstances require an immediate procurement.