STAFF REPORTER
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has denied claims by former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe that he was responsible for the collapse of Eskom, including its current bouts of load-shedding.
According to a Sunday Times report, Ramaphosa said he never gave instructions nor pressured the board to renegotiate a contract with Glencore, challenging Molefe to provide proof of his allegations.
“No, no, no. Never … I never gave that instruction and obviously he will have to prove it,” said Ramaphosa.
During his appearance before the State Capture Inquiry on Friday, Molefe testified that Ramaphosa and the Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan helped destroy state-owned companies, particularly Eskom.
He accused Ramaphosa of conflict of interest regarding Eskom, saying the then deputy president shouldn’t have been appointed chairperson of Eskom’s war room, because he was a shareholder at the Glencore mining company that was doing business with the utility.
He said Ramaphosa was
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