Sowetan

Directors Gigaba appointed

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● Iqbal Sharma: Appointed to the Transnet board in December 2010 and Gigaba attempted to appoint him as chairman in June 2011 but it was vetoed by cabinet because of his links to the Guptas. Gigaba then created Transnet’s acquisitio­ns and disposals board to supervise infrastruc­ture tenders and appointed Sharma as chair who oversaw R25-billion in tenders awarded to China South Rail (CSR);

●Brian Molefe: Appointed Transnet CEO in February 2011 where he signed off on the CSR locomotive tender, among others. When the Guptas acquired Optimum Coal, which supplied the utility with coal, Molefe was CEO of Eskom and oversaw the process;

●Anoj Singh: Appointed Transnet CFO in July 2012. He and Molefe signed off on Gupta-linked Transnet contracts;

● Colins Matjila: Appointed to Eskom’s board in June 2011 where he chaired the tender committee and irregularl­y signed The New Age breakfast sponsorshi­p benefiting the Guptas which helped them start their TV station, ANN7.

The people Lynne Brown appointed

● Ben Ngubane: Appointed to Eskom’s board in December 2014. He was a codirector with Essa of natural resources exploratio­n company Gade Oil and Gas;

● Romeo Khumalo: Appointed to Eskom’s board in December 2014. Khumalo resigned in April 2016. He was a co-director with Essa in Ujiri Mining;

● Nazia Carrim: Appointed to Eskom’s board in December 2014. She is married to Essa’s cousin;

●Mark Pamensky: Appointed to Eskom’s board in 2014. Until May 2017 he sat on the Oakbay board. He resigned as Eskom director after the release of the State of Capture report. He denies any impropriet­y.

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