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We booked trips for Matshela Koko, Anoj Singh on behalf of Salim Essa, travel agents tell Zondo Khulekani Magubane Share
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The State Capture Commission heard from a small travel agency that handled trips for former Sahara Computers executive and Gupta associate Salim Essa.
The agency listed former Transnet CFO Anoj Singh and former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko among the people the travel agency had planned trips for.
The travel agents said while they were not close to individuals of interest, they arranged trips for them on Essa s referral.
The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on Tuesday heard from a small travel agency that handled trips for former Sahara Computers executive and Gupta associate Salim Essa.
Mosebenzi Zwane served as Free State agriculture MEC when he flew to India in October 2012. He was on the same flight as the Umsingizane Gospel Choir. He helped form the choir and had recorded a number of songs with the group.
Members of the choir and Zwane’s staff used his iPad and email account to arrange their accommodation in India. The travel and accommodation details were forwarded to Ashu Chawla, who worked for Sahara Computers, owned by the Gupta family, who appear to have paid for the choir’s trip.
In those emails from Zwane’s private account, Zwane was listed as one of the choir members who was due to visit India. Returning to the State Capture Commission on Thursday, he maintained he did not travel as part of the group.