Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko wants some of the findings made against him by the State Capture Inquiry to be set aside.
He accused the inquiry of failing to interrogate questionable evidence brought by some witnesses who testified against him at the State Capture Inquiry. Koko this week filed a review application in the Gauteng High Court.
"Interrogating these witnesses would have weakened the commission's narrative against me. The commission accepted the evidence of the critical witnesses as a common cause, especially when the evidence implicated me. A reasonable commission would have probed this evidence to test its veracity to ensure that the rules of law and natural justice were observed," he said in his affidavit.
A R659-million prepayment for coal paid to Gupta-owned Tegeta. Zondo found the prepayment cannot be characterised as such and that Koko and other Eskom officials, including former chief financial officer Anoj Singh, conspired to get the payment approved to help the Guptas pay for the Optimum coal mine.
The findings disputed by Koko relate to allegations about coal price adjustments, enabling Gupta-linked deals at the power utility and sponsoring of his family's overseas trips.
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