President Cyril Ramaphosa has not yet filed an affidavit in response to allegations made by former Eskom boss Brian Molefe regarding his business relationship with Glencore and its dealings with state-owned power utility Eskom.
In his first appearance at the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture on 15 January, Molefe made sweeping allegations regarding Ramaphosa's association with Glencore's Optimum Coal Mine, which the president once chaired.
Glencore supplied Eskom with coal through its Optimum Coal Mine, in a contract that soared in 2015, prior to its sale to Gupta-linked Tegeta Exploration and Resources. The company ended up in a bitter dispute over the amendment of the terms of its contract, as well as penalties imposed on it by the power utility.
