Editing Deloitte (section)

=== Eskom ===
In October 2019, South African power utility [[Eskom]] announced that it was suing Deloitte's South African affiliate, Deloitte Consulting, in order to recover R207 million paid for two consulting contracts that were improperly-awarded in 2016. According to the court affidavit filed in the [[Johannesburg High Court]] by Eskom chairperson [[Jabu Mabuza]], in one of the contracts awarded to Deloitte, Deloitte bid R88.8-million while the bids from other consulting firms were R14.6-million and R13.3-million. In the second contract, Deloitte bid R79.1-million, and the competing bids were R16-million and R9.1-million.<ref name=Amabhungane>{{cite web |last1=Comrie |first1=Susan |title=The dirt on Deloitte's consulting deals at Eskom, Part 1 |url=https://amabhungane.org/the-dirt-on-deloittes-consulting-deals-at-eskom-part-1/ |website=amaBhungane |access-date=16 June 2024 |language=en-ZA |date=15 January 2020}}</ref>

In an interview with [[AmaBhungane]], Deloitte Consulting's managing director for Africa, Thiru Pillay, claimed that Eskom was trying to bully Deloitte into a settlement, He further stated that Deloitte had not conceded to being “complicit with irregular procurement” and denied "any undertone of corruption" with regards to the Eskom contracts.<ref name=Amabhungane/>

On 21 March 2020, Eskom announced that Deloitte and Eskom had reached an out of court [[Settlement (litigation)|settlement]] in which Deloitte agreed to pay back R150 million of the R207 million originally sought by Eskom. In a joint statement released by Eskom and Deloitte, the parties agreed that there was no evidence of corruption in the deal, and that there were "technical irregularities" in the procurement process.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eskom reaches out of court settlement with Deloitte Consulting - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader. |url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/eskom-reaches-out-of-court-settlement-with-deloitte-consulting/ |access-date=16 June 2024 |date=21 March 2020}}</ref>

In April 2020, Deloitte told AmaBhungane that two directors, Pillay, as well as lead consultant on the Eskom contracts, Shamal Sivasanker, had resigned from the firm effective 31 March 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Comrie |first1=Susan |title=Update: In the wake of Eskom scandal, two Deloitte directors resign |url=https://amabhungane.org/update-in-the-wake-of-eskom-scandal-two-deloitte-directors-resign/ |website=amaBhungane |access-date=16 June 2024 |language=en-ZA |date=9 April 2020}}</ref>

In November 2021, Eskom announced that Deloitte had been selected as Eskom's new external auditor, after the expiration of its contract with [[Grant Thornton]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Eskom picks Deloitte as next external auditors |url=https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/eskom-picks-deloitte-as-next-external-auditors-20211104 |website=News24 |access-date=16 June 2024 |date=4 November 2021}}</ref>