Lynne Brown denies knowing Gupta associate Salim Essa

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It has been alleged that Essa introduced himself as Brown’s adviser, but Brown said, besides shaking his hand once, she does not know him

Former public enterprises minister Lynne Brown has denied knowing Gupta associate Salim Essa after allegations that he introduced himself as her adviser.Mr Salim Essa was not an adviser of mine, is not an adviser of mine, and besides shaking his hand at a gathering somewhere, I do not know the fellow,” Brown told the state-capture commission on Friday.

The Zondo commission has also previously heard testimony that Brown took instruction from Essa when it came to appointments on the Eskom board’s subcommittees. Brown was appointed public enterprises minister by former president Jacob Zuma in 2014. She served until February 2018 when President Cyril Ramaphosa removed her from the cabinet in his first reshuffle after Zuma was recalled the same month.During her testimony on Friday, Brown was also asked whether she was concerned when she heard Eskom had made a R659m “pre-payment” to Gupta-owned Tegeta for a coal contract.

“I was concerned about the media reports [and] I raised it with [the board members]. They had given me answers that were sufficiently good [for] me because they said they did it before with most of the other mining companies,” Brown said, adding that she would “like to just leave it there”.

 

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