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The last witness this year was former Eskom head of generation, Matshela Koko, but he is also expected to return in the new year.
Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo is seen during a session of the commission of inquiry into the capture of the state in Johannesburg on November 16, 2020. Image: AFP
JOHANNESBURG – The state apprehension commission concluded its public hearings for this year on Friday, but Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo is nowhere near the end of a witness list.
The last witness this year was former Eskom head of generation, Matshela Koko, but he is also expected to return in the new year.
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Another anticipated witness is former president Jacob Zuma, who did not object to the commission’s appeal to the Constitutional Court forcing him to appear and not leave until the president excuses him.
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The commission wants him to appear in January and February.
But for now, Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo is taking a break: “This is the last commission hearing this year. The next hearing will be next year in January and the date will be announced ”.
On Friday, Koko and her legal team said that the state’s capture commission should obtain the cell phone records of people who they claim met with them at Melrose Arch in Johannesburg to discuss the utility’s business and demonstrate that was not true.
Koko maintains that she had no contact with the businessman linked to Gupta, Salim Essa, who did not know about the suspensions at Eskom or tell anyone about them.
He claimed that all the witnesses were conspiring against him.
“Go ahead and use any intelligence, you will not find my contact with Mr. Essa either by phone or by email. Ms. Daniels met with Mr. Essa on the 10th, the evidence shows that I can’t carry that monkey. “
Koko said she did not discuss the Eskom-related suspensions with former public utility chief legal officer Suzanne Daniels, another former senior executive Abram Masango, and Essa at Melrose Arch or offer anyone acting positions on that matter.
His lawyer Frans Barri: “Cell phone companies know where calls are received and from where they are made because they know which towers have been activated. So if someone said they were at Melrose Arch but then it seems they were heading to Witbank, you can tell. “
Koko was the last witness this year, but is expected to return next year.
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