Zondo commission testimony: Billions wasted at Eskom - The Mail & Guardian

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As the testimony about how Eskom was captured is heard, former high ranking officials feign shock and can’t explain how multimillion-rand contracts were paid before a single deliverable was met.

The anonymous email address and the material sent to it are hardly new information, and Seleka’s question could not have come as a complete surprise to Koko.

The Fundudzi forensic report commissioned by Treasury on irregularities within the power utility dwelled on it at some length and found that Koko, Daniels and Ngubane all sent emails to the address. It suggested thatlook into whether confidential material was leaked and whether criminal charges should follow.

It has been suggested that, as well as being used by Essa, the address had also been used by Richard Seleke, a former director general of the department of public enterprises. Koko insisted that he stood by earlier testimony that in 2015 he did not know Essa, but insinuated that he distrusted Daniels and had, at the time, become suspicious of her rise through the ranks at Eskom.Seleke was not able to conclude his questioning of Koko as the former chief executive took the stand only late on Tuesday afternoon. This was after testimony by Eskom’s former senior manager for fuel resources, Ayanda Nteta on Tegeta’s demand for prepayment of coal supply from the Optimum mine.

The advance payment emerged during a parliamentary inquiry into Eskom three years ago and stands as one of the most flagrant, early examples of the capture of state-owned enterprises by rent-seekers with friendly ties to the Zuma family.

 

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Nothing new with that modus operandi! Computers for schools, text books etc etc

The confusion of Seleke and Seleka continues...

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