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A barely audible recording played in front of the state capture commission reminded former board chairman Zola Tsotsi that one of the board members said, “We must protect our leaders.”
A screenshot shows former Eskom president Zola Tsotsi in the state capture investigation on September 9, 2020. Image: SABC Digital / YouTube
JOHANNESBURG – The state capture commission has heard recordings from Eskom board members saying that while then-Chairman Jacob Zuma and then-Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown ordered the board to suspend executives, they should not be mentioned anywhere. press release when suspensions occurred. Announced.
A barely audible recording played before the state capture commission reminded former board chairman Zola Tsotsi that one of the board members said, “We must protect our leaders.”
Tsotsi said that he had mentioned the fact that he was called to the Zuma residence by Dudu Myeni, where the whole plan was put in place.
Zola Tsotsi recalled how she took responsibility for the appointment of Nicholas Linell as a consultant, a decision that was made at Zuma’s residence in KwaZulu-Natal in a meeting called and led by Myeni.
He said the board he headed adopted Linell’s drafted resolution to open an investigation and suspend four executives with Brown’s approval.
But the same board insisted that Zuma and Brown should not be mentioned in statements announcing the decision and the decision should be attributed to the board.
The commission reproduced recordings of the board’s deliberations.
But Tsotsi said the board turned around and accused him of naming Linell after Romeo Khumalo brought something to a special board meeting, the details of which he did not have.
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