Eskom defends Tegeta deal amid calls to ‘cancel it altogether’
Eskom’s Ben Ngubane tells Parliament he ‘loves’ the idea of an investigation as the company has done ‘nothing criminal’
Cape Town — Eskom board chairman Ben Ngubane has dared MPs‚ telling them he "loves" their idea of criminal investigations at the power utility because he and his team have nothing to hide. Ngubane was speaking during a tense meeting of Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts which was called to discuss Eskom’s questionable coal supply deal with Gupta-linked firm Tegeta. Eskom faced a grilling from MPs on the basis of a PwC review of its coal supply contracts. However, a clearly incensed Ngubane told lawmakers "bring it on", saying he was not afraid of any probe into the affairs of Eskom. "Bring the investigation. We will love it. We want to clear our names. We don’t want to be so tarnished as we are. Bring on the investigations. I’m very happy the minister has ordered the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to come in. Let them come in‚ let them pick up whatever is criminal. As far as I’m concerned there’s nothing criminal that we have done". Public Enterprises Minister Lynn...
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