There are many misconducts. Sanlam to lower costs in digital drive for ... PODCAST | Nandoâs CFO describes how the company ... Swedish clean-tech pilot plant opens at Samancor ... Deutsche Bank CEO got 46% pay increase in 2020. Ms Mazzone: And you have been on special leave and suspension for some time now. Adv Vanara: For purposes of the record, I have not seen that contract, but I do assume that there would have been a contract. “I feel hurt and aggrieved,” says Koko. Adv Vanara: So, from the document that you just pointed out, there was a meeting on 23 December 2015 by Committee you are referring to
Mr Gungubele: Can you share what came out of those meetings? Mr Koko: I refer the Committee to page 26, paragraph 73 of my submission, and this is what I understood Brian to be saying. But I would like to say that you need to go and watch the evidence given by Mr Singh last night very seriously because you were thrown under the bus in a very big way. Mr Koko: I am at work. Mr Swart: Charlotte Ramavhona, and two others. And that the Board of Eskom has resolved on. Mr Koko: We had very long discussions about the quality of coal for Brakfontein. Adv Vanara; And, in April, what were those stockpiles situation? Mr Tseli: What was his response from the report that you got? Nowhere in the Eskom strategy does it say that this one company is a do or die. Did you watch last night’s interaction with Mr Anoj Singh? Mr Dlamini: When the business rescue and everybody else was involved, why did you go for the first option that they must sell? This background provides a context within which we need to deal with these transactions. Ms Mganga-Gcabashe: Being a former CEO, but if it were the case? You may use different words, but what is key in communication is that we are saying the same thing. Read more at the SA government's online coronavirus portal or use the 24-hour public hotline: 0800 029 999. And what it does show, is that Mr Ashu Chawla was also in Dubai for that one day with you. Adv Vanara: It says number 7. Mr Koko: That is correct. An email sent from Mr Koko’s private email address to the private email address of the Director-General of the Department of Public Enterprises asked the DG to forward the email to “the Boss” and commented that “the fight begins.” The email was forwarded to Tony Gupta’s email address. The contracts management happens in divisions. So, which document are you reading? That is one of the things. Adv Vanara: Are you at liberty to tell the Committee what the nature of that transaction was? Mr Koko: Let’s, for argument’s sake, say it is self-induced. Adv Vanara: There is a first one for 150 000 tons in January 2016. The minutes on the monthly technical liaison meeting dated 13 May 2015 indicated that drainage tests were not done were not done as required by the Coal Supply Agreement. Chairperson: We are not in a hurry. Thank you, Chairperson. 6 July, I was at home. The letter of demand to Optimum that you will find on page 42 is an Eskom recorder. The Committee attempted to get to the bottom of the meeting at Melrose Arch as testified by Ms Daniels. I am putting it to you that you did not contradict Ms Daniel’s version because it is the truth. Mr Koko: I have no information to say yea or nay. Adv Vanara: Who is? When Tegeta’s name comes in, then, for some reason, our logic is faulty. This does not materialise. The letter is addressed to Treasury again. And you have messed up your name and embarrassed yourself. When was that meeting? Mr Koko: I can speak in my time. Mr Koko: No, I was not there. The reservation from the hotel. What did this letter from DMR mean to you? Adv Vanara: Because it was impractical to implement because of the conditions? In 2011, Minister Gigaba vetoed the Board’s earlier decision to award Westinghouse the bulk of the tender. We must argue that he never made a prepayment proposal whilst the submission in 2.2.2, from Anoj Singh, seems to suggest that. To the point, Mr Koko, I even know your chauffeur’s name, who fetched you from the airport and took you to the hotel, was Mr Mehboob. Mr Gungubele: I am not asking what you’re communicating. Mr Swart: But that letter. Was it the December contract or was it a completely new one? Adv Vanara: You do confirm that he was eventually acting in the position of Mr Marokane and was eventually appointed to the position. That statement talked to the issues of what we expect, and you were fighting Exxaro on the issues of saying that you want 51% Black ownership and that you’re not moving, and we supported that, saying, “This is what is supposed to be happening at Eskom.” Now you are saying to me that you don’t know anything of that strategy. Mr Dlamini: Let’s leave it there. Mr Koko: I think I was supposed to be here late last year. Mr Koko: That is correct. I engaged the team and they did not seem to want to accept that the national laboratory of the country is giving a different view. We lost the Supreme Court of Appeal. Chairperson: They are, Chair. Zondo has visited my house several times, says Zuma . Here is my concern. Ms Mganga-Gcabashe: When you read about it, did you investigate, as Eskom, those allegations? I do have a police enquiry case opened against Mzilikazi, which I will give to you. First of all, is that you seem to have quite a defence of Tegeta and you made a statement that whenever Tegeta is raised, there is something around it. The record will speak for itself. Mr Tseli: I don’t remember the MMK number. I don’t know anything about it. On 4 November 2015 at 22:39, an email left Mashela2010@yahoo.co.za and it went to the DG of Public Enterprises who had a private email address, an infopol email address, and it said, “Please give to the boss. Don’t you think it bears clarification? In fact, better still, can we go to page 40, MK 12. Mr Koko: You say you know it, so I accept it. She welcomed Mr Matshela Moses Koko and his legal team for his first appearance in the inquiry. You have been left out totally. National Treasury has set itself on the right path and what it is telling us here, without sticking to the letter here, they are simply saying to us that your coal costs are too high, go and bargain hard, go and get cheaper prices.
So, let us take the document that you showed us about the end of December when suddenly there was this problem at Arnot power station. I think it would be obvious that Tegeta does do an annual turnover of more than R10 million, given the contracts that they have.
One of the suppliers requested pre-payment. Mr Koko: Remember that Tegeta acquired the rights to procure the assets to Optimum on 10 December and in March. Adv Vanara: But what we do not know, is whether or not there was a competitive process that would have identified Tegeta to supply that 400,000 tons of coal from January to 15 April, or do you know? Mr Marais did you see anything take place that would put procurement operations in jeopardy interference? Adv Vanara: So, where there is a need for coal, there must be a supplier for coal, naturally. Adv Vanara: So, maybe a simple question. Mr Koko denied knowing, or meeting, any of the Gupta brothers but he had met Mr Nazeem Howa, Ashu Chawla, and Salim Essa, and had been to Mr Essa’s office in Melrose Arch. Mr Koko: Well, the submission was worded carefully that there are regulatory requirements that must be made into the PFMA. He says that he is not benefitting.” I did not like that. On the 18 th January the Gupta family and Oakbay Investment Group was charged in the Free State Division and in Bloemfontein. Mr Gungubele: But in that meeting of 1 December 2015? What is key is if we are saying the same things. That expired in March, I think. Is that a correct observation? You recall the outcome of that closed bid process? We said we would take samples to the National laboratory. That’s the best that I can do. Mr Swart: That is not a good enough. Mr Koko: That is correct. Chairperson: Permission to watch the video is granted to Parliament only and so the cameras will be turned off during the showing and there must be no recording of the video clip.
Although making prepayments was a fairly common way of doing business with Eskom, the Eskom policy stated that prepayments could only be made where the supplier would use the prepayment to invest in capital projects. Email helpdesk@businesslive.co.za or call 0860 52 52 00. It was no coincidence that once we were ushered out by the security because we were criminals sabotaging Eskom, the Chairman says, “Unsuspend Sekhasimbe and make him CEO of Eskom
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