In an AmaBhungane exclusive on Eyewitness News, Ramatlhodi reveals that Eskom CEO Brian Molefe and chairperson Ben Ngubane asked him to suspend Glencore’s mining licences to ensure that a Gupta-owned company could take control of the Optimum coal mine.
Molefe, who resigned as the utility’s CEO last year following allegations of his connection to the Guptas in the Public Protector's report, has now been reinstated as CEO.
Political analyst Somadoda Fikeni says Ramatlhodi’s claims are perhaps the most serious allegations that have emerged about a relationship between Molefe and the Guptas.
