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He said that he personally paid R330,000 for the Indonesian vacation and asked Suzanne Daniels to help him with visa applications for Dubai and changing flight plans.
FILE: A screenshot of former Eskom executive Matshela Koko who appeared in the state capture investigation on March 1, 2021. Image: SABC / YouTube
JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko denies that Salim Essa paid R 100,000 to divert his family from Indonesia to Dubai.
While appearing at the state capture commission on Monday, he said that he personally paid R330,000 for the Indonesian vacation and asked Suzanne Daniels to help him with visa applications for Dubai and changing flight plans.
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But he said the travel agency that arranged everything was unable to provide proof that he paid due to the time lag since the 2015 trip.
The commission asked: “The payment of 100,000 rand, which Mr Essa supposedly made, you don’t know about it?”
Koko replied, “I know absolutely nothing about it.”
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Koko said that it was not true that Essa paid for her family to go on vacation.
He said he paid every penny of the R332,000 bill himself: “Matshela Moses Koko was R50,015, my wife was R50,015, my six-year-old son had R13,280 and my four daughters R50,000 each.
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Koko said he and his wife wrote to the travel agency asking for proof of the 2015 payments, but were unable to obtain any receipts.
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