Deputy Chairperson, could you please just turn the clock back to give me my two minutes! Please be fair in this House! Thank you very much, hon Deputy Chairperson. Minister according to the article in the Mail & Guardian dated 05 April 2019, that loses of about R1,4 billion on two contracts alone at that time, as Eskom did at that time paid one supplier Glencore double the prize, it was paying another smaller supplier for the same quality coal, R343,41 difference between Glencore and the smaller other prize of R607 per ton of coal, the cheapest supplier was R263 per ton of coal.
Now, according to the Mail & Guardian, up to R10 billion could have been saved if there were no ceiling price on coal and if there was
no corruption in the tender procedures and the allocation of these tenders.
My question is: Why didn't the Ministry act timeously since this has been brought under the attention in the beginning of the year already, but up to now, none of these contracts have been rescinded?