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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...
The state capture commission asked Pamensky about the allegations that the board was a Gupta board.
Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko told the Zondo Commission that he had been given the email address by Eskom's former head of legal and compliance, Suzanne Daniels, who said that it was board chair Ben Ngubane’s personal email account.
The former CEO has previously been implicated in allegations of wrongdoing by some witnesses at the commission.
The last witness for this year was former Eskom head of generation Matshela Koko but he too is expected back in the new year.
And he hopes he will give his version on the currently overwhelming perspective that shows how the state-owned enterprise was biased against the Optimum Coal Mine (OCM) and for Tegeta.
The former head of legal and compliance at Eskom is back at the state capture commission testifying about board decisions to approve the Tegeta prepayment as well as Brian Molefe’s appointment.
The state capture commission on Monday heard Eskom-related evidence from the former secretary at the power utility Suzanne Daniels.
He's been implicated by witnesses including former Kusile Power Station project manager Abram Masango and Suzanne Daniels.
He has testified at the state capture commission about the suspension of Eskom executives a plan that was hatched at former President Jacob Zuma’s residence in KwaZulu-Natal.
Abram Masango said that Matshela Koko had called him to a meeting at Melrose Arch with Salim Essa, where Koko took his phone and handed it to someone when they went into that meeting.
Riaz Saloojee on Thursday said he did not question the approval of the VR Laser contract even though the Guptas were already controversial.
Advocate Pule Seleka asked ben Ngubane if he was communicating with Essa about Tsotsi's removal through an email called 'businessman'.
Suzanne Daniels alleged that Salim Essa made the offer in June 2017 after pulling up alongside her at a fuel station in a black Maserati and that he knew precisely what she had said at an earlier meeting of Eskom’s audit and risk committee about Koko.
Former Eskom board chairperson ZolaTsotsi said that he believed it was another tactic to show him that he has people inside.
Former Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama’s driver said that on many occasions he would receive money in suitcases and bags and put it in the boot.
Last year, the nation got some insight into how Eskom wound up in the dire situation it was in.
This week the US imposed sanctions on Gupta brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh and their associate businessman Salim Essa for their alleged involvement in corrupt activities in South Africa.
The US has imposed sanctions on the Gupta brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh and their associate businessman Salim Essa who have been accused of widespread corruption.