Tegeta coal was not up to standard, report finds
Leaked draft report of the Treasury investigation into the Tegeta coal contracts confirms Gupta mine’s R385-million-a-year contract supplied inferior coal
IT HAS been 365 days since Eskom’s pre-eminent coal scientist and a senior laboratory services manager were suspended, after clashing with Eskom bosses over the quality of coal received from the Guptas’ Brakfontein mine.Mark van der Riet and Charlotte Ramavhona were suspended on September 1 2015 after conflicting lab results raised concerns about the quality of coal Eskom received from Tegeta Exploration and Resources, the Gupta-controlled owner of Brakfontein.While it took Eskom just six days to reinstate the Guptas’ R385-million-a-year coal contract after the dispute, a year later, Van der Riet and Ramavhona are still fighting to be reinstated.Now, the leaked draft report of the Treasury investigation into the Tegeta coal contracts (which include Brakfontein mine) has confirmed that Van der Riet and Ramavhona were right to raise red flags.Despite Eskom’s statements that tests conducted by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) at the end of August had okayed the quality of B...
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