MPs unimpressed by Anoj Singh’s amnesia over Eskom’s Gupta contracts
Pravin Gordhan says Singh should be declared a delinquent director and charged with contravening the Public Finance Management Act
Former Eskom chief financial officer Anoj Singh — who was allegedly at the heart of state capture of the utility — was accused of lying, evasiveness and being misleading during his testimony before the parliamentary inquiry into state capture on Tuesday. In gruelling questioning that lasted more than nine hours and ended after midnight, Singh was grilled by evidence leader Ntuthuzelo Vanara and members of the portfolio committee on public enterprises about his roles in concluding several suspect contracts with Gupta-owned Tegeta Exploration & Resources, and in the utility’s dealings with Gupta-linked Trillian Capital Partners. He was accused of having contravened several sections of the Public Finance Management Act and the Companies Act during his tenure at the utility. Committee members attacked Singh for what they said were his evasive responses, which were often of the nature of “I don’t know”, “I can’t remember” or, “It was not my responsibility” — whereas they stressed that as...
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