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Mokholo: False perceptions that I aided state capture making my life difficult
She said she was called in person by former President Jacob Zuma who told her to pass on an instruction to an Eskom board meeting.
Former Eskom board chair Ben Ngubane is back at the commission on Tuesday morning, answering questions about the Tegeta R1.6 billion guarantee that didn’t get board approval.
Advocate Pule Seleka asked ben Ngubane if he was communicating with Essa about Tsotsi's removal through an email called 'businessman'.
Venete Klein was among members that expressed no-confidence in Tsotsi before he was suspended and she said that it was frustrating working with him because he didn’t respond to emails and requests for engagement.
A barely audible recording played before the state capture commission has reminded former board chair Zola Tsotsi that one of the board members said: 'We must protect our leaders'.
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.
As damning testimony relating to Eskom is revealed at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture, Judith February says we shouldn't forget the red flags which predated the commission.
African National Congress (ANC) secretary-general Ace Magashule said that the newly appointed Western Cape interim leadership could tap into the experience of old faces like Lynne Brown and Ebrahim Rasool.
The team is meant to turn the Western Cape party structures around and address persistent infighting and factionalism.
The provincial interim committee will be tasked with cleaning up the party's processes and structures and ensuring everything runs smoothly ahead of a formal provincial elective conference early next year.
Riaz Saloojee was fired as CEO of the state-owned entity by the Daniel Mantsha-led board in 2015 for alleged misconduct and financial irregularities.
Denel’s former chairperson Martie Janse van Rensburg said things started to change when Minister Lynne Brown overhauled the board in 2015.
Deputy director-general of Public Enterprises Kgathatso Tlhakudi says that former Minister Lynne Brown accused him and other officials in the department of being captured.
He’s confirmed in the email Ngubane stated that state-owned entities had complaints against the newspapers.
The organisation has filed an application in the North Gauteng high court-accusing the former officials of violating their fiduciary duties and gross negligence.
The Zondo commission of inquiry is set to resume this month and it will now also have evidence from Parliament’s Eskom inquiry report to probe further.
The portfolio committee on Public Enterprises on Wednesday unanimously adopted its report into governance failures and state capture at Eskom.
The committee wants Malusi Gigaba and Lynne Brown referred to the Zondo commission on state capture to explain their roles in the governance failures and alleged corruption at Eskom.
In its report, the committee states that it has uncovered substantial and compelling evidence that a number of corporate entities amassed substantial illicit private gains from Eskom.