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Eskom Inquiry: Lynne Brown
22 Nov 2017
Ms Lynne Brown, Minister of Public Enterprises, attended the parliamentary inquiry and delivered a statement under oath about the capture of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). She said that her appearance before the parliamentary inquiry went against the advice of her legal advisers who had advised her to decline the invitation to ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Zola Tsotsi
22 Nov 2017
Mr Zola Andile Tsotsi, former Eskom Board Chairperson, appeared as a witness. He read a sworn statement to the Committee. He noted that he had had problems in accessing certain information which would have better prepared him for the inquiry
Mr Tsotsi was questioned about:
• A meeting he attended ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Venete Klein, Viroshini Naidoo, Brian Molefe
21 Nov 2017
The Committee invited Ms Venete Klein former Eskom board member to account about corporate governance at Eskom during her tenure as a board member and the chairperson of the people and governance board committee. Ms Klein joined Eskom at the time load shedding was at stage 3 costing the country ...
Public Enterprises
Corporate governance in Eskom - Trillian (in camera)
3 Nov 2017
Ms Bianca Goodson who served as the CEO of Trillian Management Consulting (TMC) from 1 January 2016 to 19 March 2016 gave evidence.
Ms Goodson informed the Committee that TMC did not do any billable work from its inception until 1 March 2016. TMC only had two employees for that ...
Public Enterprises
Corporate governance in Eskom – How Optimum coal mine was purchased
1 Nov 2017
Mr Piers Marsden appeared as witness. Mr Marsden and Mr Petrus van den Steen were appointed as business rescue practitioners on the 4 August 2015 for Optimum Coal Holdings (OCH), as well as Optimum Coal Mine (OCM).
Before and during the business rescue process, unsolicited approaches to purchase OCM were ...
Public Enterprises
Corporate governance in Eskom - Trillian
31 Oct 2017
The Committee continued its inquiry into the mismanagement of funds in State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). Ms Mosilo Mothepu appeared as a witness. She worked at Regiments Capital from 2007 to 2010 in the Advisory Division, and then was reappointed as a Principal at Regiments Capital on 15 June 2015. She ...
Public Enterprises
Election of Chairperson; Public Enterprises Budgetary Review and Recommendations Report
25 Oct 2017
Documents handed out: Public Enterprises Budgetary Review Recommendations Report [available once published Tabled Committee Reports]
The Committee elected Ms L Mnganga-Gcabashe (ANC) as Chairperson of the Committee. At the same time, the Committee also agreed that the Ms D Rantho (ANC) who had been Acting Chairperson of the Committee would ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry: Pension Fund hearing about Molefe R30 million payout
20 Oct 2017
The Eskom Pension and Provident Fund (EPPF) Chairperson and CEO appeared at the Eskom Inquiry to answer questions about the pension payout of the former Eskom CEO, Mr Brian Molefe.
The Chairperson said that the Committee needed to understand the circumstances under which the pension payment of Mr Brian Molefe ...
Public Enterprises
Corporate Governance at Eskom; “Who is who in the Zoo”
18 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by the former CEO of Eskom, Mr Brian Dames, and Mr Ted Blom, Energy Analyst and Energy Head at the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), who was also a former Eskom employee.
Mr Dames commended the Committee for the inquiry but said that it was too ...
Public Enterprises
Eskom Inquiry Reference Book: briefing by UCT State Capacity Research Project
17 Oct 2017
The Committee was briefed by Prof Anton Eberhard, a Research Professor at the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business whom along with his colleague Ms Catrina Godinho authored the booklet Eskom Inquiry Reference Book. The Reference Book aimed at providing a fact-based account of instances of governance failure ...