MKP MPs shrug off state capture claims
Three of the MKP’s newest parliamentarians have shrugged off state capture claims against them, saying authorities have failed to prove they did anything wrong when they were at the helm of three of the country’s key state-owned enterprises.
They instead claim that under their watch, Eskom, Transnet and Prasa were more efficient than they are today, reports EWN.
Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe, ex-Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama and Prasa's previous head, Lucky Montana, were among eight new MPs sworn in on Wednesday.
Welcoming the new cohort of MPs to the fold, the MKP deputy president, John Hlophe, said they represented the best in black expertise and talent.
But they had been politically marginalised by the ANC under Cyril Ramaphosa’s leadership.
Responding to the state capture cloud hanging over their heads, Molefe, Gama and Montana all defended their leadership of three of the state’s most beleaguered parastatals.
Molefe said he believes they were targeted and reminded critics that under his tenure, the country experienced no load shedding: ‘There’s nowhere where the law talks about state capture. What we did is, we did our work. Some people did not like what we did.’
The trio say the Zondo Commission was selective in how it interpreted the evidence put before it.
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