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Optimum used Ramaphosa s name to threaten Eskom execs, Koko tells Zondo Inquiry Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko was back at the state capture commission on Wednesday where he was testifying about the controversial transaction that led to the Guptas owning Optimum Coal Mine. A screengrab of former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko appearing at the state capture inquiry on 29 March 2021. Picture: SABC/YouTube
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JOHANNESBURG - Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko said that Optimum Coal Mine used the name of President Cyril Ramaphosa to threaten executives who were negotiating the fallout between the two entities.
Koko was back at the state capture commission on Wednesday where he was testifying about the controversial transaction that led to the Guptas owning Optimum Coal Mine.
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The commission of inquiry into state capture will hear evidence from former Eskom acting group CEO Matshela Koko.
In his previous appearance at the Zondo commission, Koko insisted that he had no idea that he was sharing Eskom internal information with Gupta associate Salim Essa when he sent documents to an info-portal e-mail address that belonged to the businessman.
Among the documents that Koko sent to the e-mail address belonging to Essa was information on the R1.68bn loan guarantee that Eskom advanced for Gupta-owned Tegeta to acquire Optimum Coal Mine.
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