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Klein tells Zondo Inquiry that some Eskom board decisions weren't the best
The state capture commission of inquiry said each one of three were paid over R6 million.
The commission asked former CEO Tshediso Matona about the meeting that consultant Nicholas Linell has disposed of an affidavit about Linell's affidavit which said he was given the task of drafting the board resolution for Tsotsi.
Tshediso Matona testified at the state capture commission on Monday that he met Zuma one-on-one after he left Eskom and that the former president appeared apologetic but never said if it was his decision to remove him.
Tshediso Matona said he was hearing for the first time on Monday that a board resolution that set up an inquiry into Eskom, and also suspended him, was not drafted by the board.
Former Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona is giving evidence at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture.
Venete Klein, who used to serve on Eskom's board, told MPs that former chairperson Zola Tsotsi pushed for the four executives to be suspended.
Former Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona old Parliament's Public Enterprises Portfolio Committee on Tuesday that the Eskom board suspended him because did not fit into its plans.
This is according to former Eskom executive Erica Johnson who resigned from the parastatal in 2014.
EWN Reporter Rahima Essop speaks to Bongani Bingwa about former Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona’s presentation in Parliament’s Eskom inquiry.
The parastatal’s former CEO Tshediso Matona told Parliament’s Public Enterprises Portfolio Committee about tensions.
Motona said he is hoping to get the job as the head of the secretariat at the National Planning Commission.
On Monday Eskom announced Tshediso Matona would be leaving the power utility.
Questions are being raised about whether or not Matona was pushed out of Eskom following his suspension.
Brian Molefe has been appointed as acting CEO while current CEO Tshediso Matona remains suspended.
The announcement was made by Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown today.
Judge Judge Belinda Witcher said this meant his suspension remained in place.
Tshediso Matona lodged an urgent application stating that his suspension from Eskom was unfair & unlawful.
He said this was one of the outcomes of the work being done by the ‘war-room’ on the electricity crisis.
The inquiry relates to the utility's financial status and delays in power stations coming online.