Optimum coal mine
NPA heads to court for permission to sell Optimum Coal Mine
This comes after it filed a forfeiture application with the Pretoria High Court seeking permission to sell the multi-billion rand Optimum coal mine.
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Former mineral resources official Raphela released on R20,000 bail
He is expected to be back at the Randburg Magistrate Court on 22 June 2022.
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Matshela Koko to Judge Zondo: Your legal team is coaching witnesses
Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko accused the state capture commission of coaching travel agency witnesses who said Salim Essa paid for his flights. #MatshelaKoko #ZondoCommission #StateCapture
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Optimum gave Eskom ultimatum to meet its demands, Koko tells Zondo
Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko said that Optimum was demanding a price increase and for its R2 billion penalties to be scrapped.
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Koko: Eskom was willing to hike coal prices to buy from Optimum
Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko told the state capture commission on Wednesday that Optimum initially wanted to increase prices to R285 per tonne and the board had already approved a price increase of up to R296 per tonne, higher than what Optimum wanted.
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Optimum used Ramaphosa's name to threaten Eskom execs, Koko tells Zondo Inquiry
Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko was back at the state capture commission on Wednesday where he was testifying about the controversial transaction that led to the Guptas owning Optimum Coal Mine.
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‘I had a throat infection’- Zwane defends using Gupta jet for Switzerland trip
Testifying before the Zondo Commission, Zwane on Tuesday defended his trip to Switzerland in December 2015.
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Mosebenzi Zwane tells Zondo Inquiry he had no influence on Optimum Mine sale
Zwane has on Tuesday told the state capture commission he did not put any pressure on Glencore to sell the mine to the Gupta-linked company.
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Daniels: Koko took special interest in settling penalties imposed on Optimum
Former Eskom company secretary Suzanne Daniels is testifying remotely at the state capture commission.
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Molefe denies being part of Eskom decision to pre-pay Optimum R1.68bn for coal
Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe said that he did not know about the letter that was written in his absence or the board decision to make a pre-payment.
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Molefe: I have no proof of Ramaphosa’s capture of Eskom
Brian Molefe, who has been speaking on the Tegeta and Glencore, has on Tuesday concluded his testimony at the state capture commission but is expected to return.
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Molefe defends Eskom decision to buy coal from Tegeta
Brian Molefe testified at the state capture inquiry about what led to Tegeta taking ownership of the Optimum coal mine (OCM) and that supplied coal to the Hendrina power station.
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Brian Molefe: A campaign was started to taint us as Gupta people
Former Eskom Group chief executive officer (CEO), Brian Molefe, returned to the state capture commission of inquiry on Tuesday to continue his testimony.
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Molefe to Zondo: 'I hope my Ramaphosa testimony won't be swept under the carpet'
Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe is back at the state capture commission to continue his testimony.
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Zondo not buying Daniels didn’t have power to advise board on Tegeta prepayment
She was been testifying before the state capture commission on Friday on a R1.68 billion coal purchase prepayment.
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Daniels says Koko misled Zondo Inquiry over prepayment to Optimum Coal Mine
Suzanne Daniels said while Matshela Koko instructed her to draft a board resolution to prepay the Optimum Coal Mine R1.68 billion, he didn’t specifically say ‘issue a guarantee’ - yet it was eventually done.
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Ex-Eskom exec Pamensky: Jewish community kicked me out because of Tegeta saga
Mark Pamensky has concluded another sitting at the state capture commission where he denied that he advised the Guptas based on privileged Eskom information.
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Eskom board was misled in prepayment of R1.6bn to Optimum, Zondo hears
Former Eskom board member Venete Klein has told the state capture commission that she reasonably believed that the payment was for the Optimum Coal Mine under Glencore.
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Ex-Eskom exec Naidoo: I didn’t know R1.6bn prepayment was going to Tegeta
He told the state capture commission on Wednesday that he didn’t ask what the board proposal meant by "proposed owners".
