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Former Eskom board chair ZolaTsotsi said he believed it was another tactic to show him that he has people inside.
A screenshot shows former Eskom president Zola Tsotsi in the state capture investigation on September 9, 2020. Image: SABC Digital / YouTube
JOHANNESBURG – Former Eskom board chair Zola Tsotsi said he was surprised when Tony Gupta showed him discussions about a WhatsApp group of his board members.
Tsotsi said he believed it was another tactic to show him that he has people inside.
“I was quite taken aback and said, ‘Where did you get this from?’ He said, ‘Don’t worry about that president, I just wanted to let him know that we have our own sources.’ So I took this as a kind of power play that says’ listen, if you mess with me, I’m going to find out.
The former Eskom board chairman continues his testimony at the state capture commission, but previously testified that Gupta told him they put him there and could take him out.
He said that Salim Essa sent him a list of the composition of the board committee members and when he ignored it, then-Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown called him and gave him a list similar to Essa’s and told him that it was. how the committee should be constituted. .
Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo could not hide his surprise at Tsotsi’s testimony.
WATCH: Tsotsi continues her testimony about Eskom in Zondo Inquiry
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