Axed Eskom legal head lifts lid on Gupta links
Gupta associate Salim Essa had prior knowledge of suspensions; MPs told of meeting with Zuma’s son and Ajay Gupta
Parliament’s probe into the capture of state-owned enterprises has learnt that Gupta associate Salim Essa told a senior Eskom employee two days before it happened in March 2015 that four Eskom executives would be suspended. The testimony of Eskom’s suspended head of legal and compliance, Suzanne Daniels, on Wednesday once again highlighted the manner in which employees who resisted the grip the Guptas exercised over the utility’s procurement were forced to leave the company. She accused Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and the Eskom board of not acting against the irregularities she addressed in a comprehensive report submitted to both. The report led to her being suspended in October on the grounds of "misconduct".Daniels said Brown’s dismissive response to her report meant the minister sanctioned what was going on at Eskom. She was convinced the present and previous boards of the utility were run by the Guptas. Daniels said her meeting with Essa on March 9 2015 was at the i...
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