Days of Zondo: Eskom’s fault lines run deeper than the Guptas’ Dubai club By Jessica Bezuidenhout JessBezJourn
Successive testimony by senior Eskom staff has shown there is a little cover for those who executed questionable instructions from the suits along Mahogany Row – even though this came at a time when fear-induced silence and scandalous suspensions were the order of the day.
They include former Eskom chairman, Ben Ngubane, former CEO, Brian Molefe, former head of primary energy, Matshela Koko, former acting CEO, Sean Maritz and the former chief financial officer, Anoj Singh. Koko had called a coal supply manager twice to push Eskom’s Majuba power station staff to accept-reject coal from Brakfontein;
Nagar was interrogated for not pushing hard enough on R1.17-billion in penalties due to Eskom by Optimum Coal Mine. This was based on his calculations but save for a hand-scribbled note reflecting his calculation on a final draft memo prepared to approve a reduced amount, Nagar seemingly abandoned the battle. Eskom ultimately slapped the Guptas with an effective R254-million cash penalty. Just months earlier, the parastatal had demanded R2.
Opperman detailed how, despite the Gupta coal having failed sampling tests over the course of several months between March and November 2015, he had felt powerless to do more because of those calls from Koko.
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