Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown’s referral of controversial Eskom coal contracts to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) faces a potential hurdle — President Jacob Zuma. Zuma is the only person who can issue an official proclamation — which defines the scope and terms of a probe — to authorise an investigation by the SIU. Brown said at a meeting with Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts on Tuesday that she was referring Eskom’s coal supply contracts and other deals dating back a decade to the unit. Among them is a coal supply deal signed with Gupta-owned Tegeta. "Effectively the state president will decide what is investigated and the manner in which it will be investigated‚" digital forensics expert Jason Jordaan told Radio 702 on Tuesday. Jordaan formerly headed the SIU’s cyber forensic laboratory and was a detective with the South African Police Service Commercial Branch. Explaining the formal process that had to be followed before the SIU could launch an of...
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