Myeni again ducks state capture probe in parliament
FORMER South African Airways chairwoman Dudu Myeni has failed again to appear before the parliamentary inquiry into state capture.
But in a written submission she has denied the testimony of former Eskom chairman Zola Tsotsi that she told him three senior Eskom executives should be suspended.
According to Tsotsi’s testimony to the committee, the meeting took place at the Durban home of then president Jacob Zuma‚ who made an appearance at the encounter.
The three senior executives – including former chief executive Tshediso Matona – were later suspended in March 2015.
The committee did not accept Myeni’s written submission as sufficient and insists that she appear before it to answer questions.
Myeni was due to appear yesterday, but attributed her failure to appear to a medical condition which “prevented her from flying”.
The committee has decided that she must submit a medical certificate within 24 hours and appear on Wednesday next week‚ failing which it will consider issuing a subpoena.
The committee wrote several letters of invitation to Myeni‚ who only phoned inquiry chairwoman Zukiswa Rantho on Tuesday to explain why she could not appear.
DA public enterprises spokeswoman Natasha Mazzone said: “It is very clear that this is nothing more than a cat-and-mouse game.”