Suspended Eskom coal operations senior manager Petrus Mazibuko told a Special Tribunal hearing on Thursday he did not know where R11m in a bank account, to which he is a signatory, came from.

In April, the tribunal granted the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) an interim order to freeze the funds after a whistle-blower alleged that Mazibuko was receiving unauthorised payments from two Eskom suppliers — Commodity Logistix Managers Africa and Thembathlo — through a bank account with FNB held by Thephunokhetja Projects...

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