JOHANNESBURG - The main opposition Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday the government and power company Eskom were blocking its demand for details of diesel deals for the struggling state-owned utility because there were "dodgy".
"The ANC’s secretive and lucrative diesel deals have been made carelessly, without fear or thought for future consequences," DA shadow minister of public enterprises Natasha Mazzone said. "This is yet another desperate attempt by the failing ANC government to keep the lights on until election day. Several senior executives at state-owned entities including Eskom -- which has struggled to meet electricity demand -- have been implicated in the graft.
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