THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
2213. Ms C M P Kotsi (Cope) to ask the Minister of Trade and
Industry:
(1) Whether an audit has been done into the total amount of money that
had been committed, directly and indirectly, in establishing a certain
smelter (name furnished) in Coega; if not, why not; if so, what was the
amount expended.
Response
The department made a payment of R300 million to Eskom as contribution to
the cost of constructing power lines to the Coega Industrial Development
Zone, which power lines would have among others provided power to the
planned aluminum smelter project. The department is in the process of
conducting an assessment in order to determine whether to claim these funds
from Eskom or alternatively to redirect them to the supply of electricity
for other planned projects at the Coega IDZ.