Gigaba denies allegations about Gupta coal contracts
Malusi Gigaba has also told the state capture inquiry he did his best to stop Telkom and Eskom's sponsorship of The New Age's breakfasts
Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has denied any involvement, during his tenure as minister of public enterprises, in an alleged attempt by one of the Gupta brothers to secure coal contracts from Eskom and to build another coal power station. He has also insisted he did his best to prevent Telkom and Eskom from sponsoring The New Age newspaper's business breakfasts but said the decision was ultimately up to the state-owned companies' boards. Gigaba was public enterprises minister between November 2010 and May 2014, and appeared before the parliamentary inquiry into state capture on Tuesday to answer allegations that he facilitated state capture during his tenure as minister of public enterprises. He addressed an allegation made by former Eskom CEO Brian Dames that his adviser at the time, Siyabonga Mahlungu, had arranged a meeting between Dames and one of the Gupta brothers to discuss coal contracts for the Lethabo coal station in the Free State and requests for another coal power...
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