Five key take outs from Ramaphosa’s testimony at Zondo commission
Ramaphosa revealed this on Wednesday in his testimony at the state capture commission. The revelation brings into question the testimony of former public enterprise minister Lynne Brown that Zuma recommended Molefe for the Eskom job.But Advocate Pule Seleka, the Zondo commission’s evidence leader, asked Ramaphosa if it was possible Zuma had relayed Ramaphosa’s recommendation to Brown, which he said it was a possibility.
He said he was surprised when Molefe was linked to the Guptas in the report compiled by former Public Protector Advocate Thuli Madonsela. “I was concerned that somebody I held in high regard was entangled with the family.”When the commission’s lead evidence leader Advocate Anton Myburg probed Ramaphosa about whether he knew Molefe had ties with the Guptas before his secondment as CEO for Eskom, the president said he was not aware of that relationship.
Ramaphosa met the Guptas again at the ANC headquarters at Luthuli House where their private jet landing at Waterkloof airbase was discussed. He said he considered the Guptas as the friends of Zuma.Seleka asked Ramaphosa if he was aware of a meeting in March 2015 where Zuma met with former SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni, considered Zuma’s proxy and former Eskom chairperson Zola Tsotsi where a plan was hatched to establish an inquiry at Eskom and suspend executives.
He denied former Eskom’s group CEO Matshela Koko’s allegations that he had a hand in his dismissal. Ramaphosa said at the time Eskom was in a severe crisis. Soni said Molefe characterised the situation in such a way that there were those in the ANC who “did nothing”, “sided [with]” and “refused to act” when it came to state capture allegations.
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