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President Cyril Ramaphosa says he proposed to then president Jacob Zuma in 2015 that Brian Molefe was the perfect person to steer the Eskom ship forward.
Ramaphosa revealed this during his appearance at the state capture inquiry on Wednesday.
His revelation threw a spanner in the works of previous evidence the inquiry had heard about Molefe’s controversial appointment as boss of the power utility.
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The inquiry had previously heard from businessman Hank Bester that Molefe would move to Eskom at the insistence of the Gupta family.
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