Gigaba confirmed to appear at Eskom inquiry
HOME Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has confirmed he would appear before the parliamentary inquiry into Eskom today, the same day the Gupta brothers and former SAA chairwoman Dudu Myeni had been called to testify.
Zukiswa Rantho, who is chairing the inquiry, said that so far only Gigaba had indicated he would come to answer questions about governance at Eskom.
Rantho said Gigaba would be asked to explain issues of procurement and contracts signed between public companies and the business empire of the Gupta family.
Myeni had not responded to the latest missives from the committee, Rantho said.
“We have not heard, so we take it that she is coming.”
Myeni last week told the committee she could not come to testify in Cape Town because her health did not allow travelling over long distances.
Much to MPs’ irritation, she failed to provide a doctor’s note.
The appearance of the Gupta brothers is equally uncertain. “They did not confirm,” Rantho said. A police probe into their affairs has intensified, starting with a raid on their Saxonwold home on the day former president Jacob Zuma resigned.
Rantho said the committee had not engaged with the family directly but with their lawyers. Asked which of the Gupta brothers had been asked to appear, she said that was for the family to decide.
The brothers allegedly used their influence over the Zuma administration to clinch lucrative contracts with parastatals.
Should they fail to show up today, the committee would take a decision on whether to summons them. The same applied to Myeni. – African News Agency (ANA)