The former acting Eskom boss’s ‘hidden hand’ was behind Majuba power station’s decision to accept substandard coal
Former acting Eskom boss Matshela Koko allegedly used his influence to lobby the utility’s Majuba power station to accept substandard coal from the Gupta’s Brakfontein mine.
Opperman said that on September 7 2015 he received an e-mail from mine general manager Satish Mudaliar which contained a report from the SA Bureau of Standards on the results of a coal stockpile analysis. Copied in the e-mail was Tegeta executive Jacques Roux. Opperman said he then wrote to the power station‚ instructing them to accept the consignment — which they agreed to do.
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