StateCaptureInquiry hears of questionable authorisation of Eskom prepayment to Tegeta
Contract manager at Eskom’s primary division Gert Opperman told the commission that the prepayment was signed off by an Eskom official sitting in the procurement office of the entity, which was “highly irregular” when people responsible for the coal supply agreement should have authorised the payment.
The payment related to “alleged supply to Arnott power station” but from the contract linked to Brakfontein, which never supplied that power station, Opperman said. The signatures of the management accountant, financial advisor, coal supply unit manager, coal supply manager are on the payment control form, however, a geologist did not sign it because there was no control quality check of the coal since it had not been delivered.
“We now know [that this happened] in May … after the effect almost like a month after the effect. So, the signatories on this document, on this specific day would not have really done anything.
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