Mampara of the week: Matshela Koko
SHEDDING A LOAD OF BALDERDASH
Gupta stooge Matshela Koko seems to be attempting some sort of perverted comeback.
Koko, the former acting CEO of Eskom, was a chief enabler of state capture, along with Brian Molefe. Eskom bled billions to corruption during their tenure as they handed the utility’s chequebook to the Guptas and their acolytes to loot with impunity.
Koko made sure some of the loot was diverted to his household,with his stepdaughter scoring R1bn worth of contracts in the division he was managing.
Nowadays Koko tells those patient enough to listen to his balderdash that it’s not state capture but contracts with independent power producers that are responsible for Eskom’s financial woes.
We agree with ANC MP Zukiswa Rantho that these rantings would be a joke if the situation weren’t so tragic...
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