Eskom probe: Zuma must appear before inquiry, urges EFF | Business

25 Jul 2017

The portfolio committee on public enterprises, tasked with the inquiry into governance and procurement at Eskom, must still finalise the terms of reference for the probe.

The EFF's Floyd Shivambu wants President Jacob Zuma, ministers Malusi Gigaba and Mosebenzi Zwane and all the Gupta brothers to appear before the parliamentary portfolio committee.

Committee chair Zukiswa Rantho said she is aware that it is faced with a mammoth task and called for added legal resources to help it do an efficient and effective job.

The sitting has ended.

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25 Jul 2017

[ICYMI] Eskom’s year-end profits and losses: A look behind the numbers by @stephen_labson https://t.co/yLwBhH1ouZ #Eskom pic.twitter.com/9tl3pd4TNo
— Fin24 (@Fin24) July 21, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Duduzane Zuma, Ajay Gupta to testify at Eskom inquiry | @Fin24 https://t.co/55dJOhCJ3j pic.twitter.com/WLjvH4t158
— News24 (@News24) July 25, 2017

[ICYMI]

25 Jul 2017

Rantho: it's proper for us as S-Africans to clean our own house. Good initiative to claim back our country #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Rantho: I hope people can now see why we need this #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Committee chair Rantho says today's excercise served to help them better understand the information about Eskom that is in the public domain.

25 Jul 2017

SACC: we can't rationalise this, it's gone too far. We need to open up. #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

SACC: maybe this thing (of state capture) went so far that we can't stop it anymore #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

SACC: individuals who spoke to us fear for their lives, they no longer live in their homes #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Bishop Mpumlwana from SACC has blamed the government for the rot in South Africa, noting that it will be difficult to reverse. He added that Parliament appears to be collaborators in helping to cover up the wrongs.

25 Jul 2017

Chipkin: pvt firms, professionals also complicit, lawyers, accountants allowing circulation of money outside SA #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Chipkin: way forward -- make political shift and recognise autonomy of state institutions, don't politicise them #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Chipkin: Never mind the looting, but bigger tragedy is weakening of state institutions in SA #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Chipkin: How do we correct all this? Criminal prosecutions but it's a limited route #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Chipkin: some political projects turned criminal and shenanigans became possible #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

This is a case for serious concern - Ted Blom from OUTA https://t.co/Qrcc3TnsQO #eskom pic.twitter.com/RZAqVcry9u
— Fin24 (@Fin24) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Blom: load-shedding of 2008 was self-inflicted. Eskom was held hostage by coal producers. #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Blom: Eskom's excessive increases cost us 3-5% in growth and jobs #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Do yourself a favour and read the fine print in #Eskom financials. Will give you an idea of extent of #StateCapture and #Corruption . pic.twitter.com/6QgO216p1y
— OUTA (@OUTASA) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Great presentation by @OUTASA on the rot at #Eskom hope more investigations are done to expose corruption
— Ntobeko ° III©™ (@MweliNtobeko) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Ted Blom: at Eskom since '88. Rot started when they went commercial in 2001. Investigation must start from then #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Outa: we don't want whistleblowers to not come to the fore, be strong and brave, don't let this continue in SA #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Outa: recruitment at SOEs - look at Gigaba's announcement in 2011 on Public Enterprises - it's a shopping list #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Outa: SIU asked us to assist with SABC investigation, but we're waiting for proclamation #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Outa: On SAA criminal charges for example there is movement #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Outa: Criminal charges laid against individuals will be followed up on. We put pressure on investigators#Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Committee chair Rantho requests a 30 minute lunch break, before answers are provided to the MPs questions. Gordhan suggests they go into the break, reflecting on the question, "What is Bell Pottinger's role in all of this?"

Responses after lunch, at approximately 13:50.

25 Jul 2017

Gordhan to presenters: What is the role of Bell Pottinger in all of this? #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Rantho: Was there something else behind Molefe's appointment you think? #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Rantho: Molefe was the person who could keep SA from being plunged into darkness. He really changed something #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Zukiswa Ranto (ANC) asks presenters if they think the people employed at govt and SOEs are incapacitated. #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

They are going to flee to Dubai or find an "out" before #PravinGordhan and others start grilling them. Just watch. https://t.co/fsftrHWQmq
— Justice Malala (@justicemalala) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Shivambu: the ground forces of the Guptas are still in the system (at Transnet, Denel, Eskom) #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Shivambu: we mustn't forget that politicians like Zuma and Gigaba need to come and testify here #Eskom probe @Fin24 @News24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Shivambu: Criminal cases opened with hard-core evidence, but the NPA is not coming to the party. @News24 @Fin24 #Eskom probe
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Shivambu: Trillian was paid R500m for doing absolutely nothing #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Shivambu: Mr Jacob Zuma is at the centre of the #Gupta linked looting of SOES. #Eskom #StateCapture #sabcnews
— Bulelani Phillip (@BulelaniPhillip) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Floyd Shivambu says he doesn't believe #SACC presented figment of its imagination on #Eskom #StateCapture & @OUTASA have evidence. #sabcnews
— Bulelani Phillip (@BulelaniPhillip) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Floyd Shivambu (EFF): massive looting in magnitudes we haven't seen before #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

It's EFF MP Floyd Shivambu's turn at the mic.

25 Jul 2017

#Tseli: What has been the attitude of NERSA on the unfair tarrif increases you mentioned. #Eskom #StateCapture
— ANC Parliament (@ANCParliament) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

How #Guptas captured State Owned Enterprises: #Prasa #Denel #Eskom #Transnet #CountryDuty #StateCapture #PoliticsofBetrayal @tumisole pic.twitter.com/9Fg6t2ETlJ
— Ricardo Mackenzie (@ricardomackenzi) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Singh: What's your view on corrupt officials still in employ at Eskom? I think they should be suspended. #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Narend Singh (IFP): what we'll discover will be a picnic compared to what's going on elsewhere in the state #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

IFP MP Narend Singh plays on the struggle credo, a luta continua, suggesting instead, a "looter" continua in the case of situations like what is said to be happening at Eskom.

25 Jul 2017

#Gordhan: What's the economic damage? What is our message to the SA public on the economy? #Eskom #StapeCapture
— ANC Parliament (@ANCParliament) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Gordhan to Outa and others: Will we see prosecutions and consequences? And what's the economic damage? #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Gordhan: What is the role of professionals and their ethics and their levels of complicity in all this? #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Gordhan: it can take 10 years to build an institution, but shorter time to break them down #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

Gordhan: It takes a long time to build up institutions, but it can all be broken down so quickly. How much time will a broken institution take to recover?

25 Jul 2017

Gordhan: Is there impunity for wrongdoing? A sense of 'you can't catch me?' A disregard for economy? #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

#Gordhan: Have we reached a point where the 'Don't Care Factor' has led to this kind of activities you have highlighted. #Eskom#StateCapture
— ANC Parliament (@ANCParliament) July 25, 2017

25 Jul 2017

Gordhan asks SACC: Has greed reached a point where it's infecting whole population? Or is most Saffers honest? #Eskom probe @News24 @Fin24
— Liesl Peyper (@Liesl_Peyper) July 25, 2017