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But the emails between him and Atul Gupta suggested otherwise because Pamensky gave him some advice on the matter.
“Where did you get the information you were talking about in the email communication to Atul about the ‘Optimum Coal acquisition’ in which you stated that you were ‘happy to be involved in this acquisition’?” Seleka asked.
“I met Mr. Atul Gupta on the 22 [November 2015] and for the first time said they are looking to buy OCM. After meeting him, I wrote the email to indicate what our discussions were and the discussion ended there, “he said.
But why did Pamensky send another email to Atul Gupta on December 10, congratulating him on the successful acquisition of OCM, thanks to a R1.6bn prepaid assistance from Eskom?
This information had also come to him by chance through media reports and he had not used his position at Eskom to pressure the Guptas, the commission heard.
“This transaction was publicly announced and, again, I had never been involved in it. There is nothing wrong with congratulating you on what I saw in the press.
“I didn’t know anything, all I won was from the press. Fortunately, I have never been involved in this transaction. “
Pamensky is due to appear again on the Zondo commission on a date yet to be determined.
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