Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe, giving testimony in Parliament on Tuesday night, denied any knowledge of the relationship which Eskom had with Gupta-linked Trillian. Eskom paid R564m to Trillian without a valid contract and for little work and is demanding that it pays the money back. Molefe was questioned about Eskom’s relationship with Trillian by Democratic Alliance spokesman on public enterprises Natasha Mazzone during proceedings of the inquiry into the state capture of state-owned enterprises. It is being conducted by Parliament’s public enterprises committee. Molefe objected to being asked questions about Trillian, saying this was not on the list of issues the committee told him would be discussed with him. He said if he knew beforehand if Trillian issues would be raised, he could have prepared himself. But he noted that Eskom was involved in contracting all the time without him as CEO necessarily being aware of all of it. Molefe stuck to his guns that he had not resigned from...
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