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Tshediso Matona said he first heard Monday that a board resolution establishing an investigation into Eskom, and also suspended it, was not drafted by the board.
A screenshot of former Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona testifying at Zondo’s commission of inquiry into the state capture on September 7, 2020. Image: SABC / YouTube
JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona said he was personally told by then-Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown to leave a board meeting that decided to suspend it.
Matona is on the state capture commission
He said he first heard Monday that a board resolution establishing an investigation into Eskom and also suspending it was not drafted by the board.
“And so I continued to sit in my place in the meeting until the minister expressly informed me, who said ‘you and the CFO should both excuse yourself from the meeting.’
The commission has an affidavit from Nicholas Linell, who said he drafted the resolution after a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, Dudu Myeni, and the chairman of the board, Zola Tsotsi.
Linell said he sent the resolution to Tsotsi.
Matona said he did not know that was what happened, but said he was surprised that the board, which had not had its first session, had formed the opinions expressed in the resolution.
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