Snehal Nagar, an Eskom accountant in the primary energy division, told the State Capture Commission on Tuesday how the entire process of securing the pre-payment for the Guptas had seemingly been done to “fool” the system.
Nagar said that while a contract was in fact presented for prepayment, there was simply not enough time to execute the payment because the contract had not been loaded on to the Eskom system. Asked by Justice Raymond Zondo whether the use of the Brakfontein contract was normal or acceptable, Nagar said this was not the correct way of doing things.
Said Nagar: “There was a contract approved by the Board Tender Committee. There was an instruction from the CFO’s office requesting payment before 2pm.” This he said, they considered as a request from one of the highest offices in Eskom.Yes, I accept, the incorrect process was followed to make the payment, but we did get approval for that.”He said a payment control form, required to regularise the irregular payment to Tegeta, had been signed off by Bhana-Naidoo.
These penalties for out-of-specification coal quality had accumulated since 2012 when the mine was owned by Glencore.
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