Optimum Coal

Fugitives Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested four months after Interpol issued a Red Notice against them. But they are just the latest.

Former Eskom chief executive says Zondo Commission was ‘very sympathetic’ towards Glencore’s relationship with Ramaphosa

​The decision taken by then Eskom CEO Brian Molefe to give Optimum coal mine the cold shoulder jeopardised the coal supply to the Hendrina station

Eskom was effectively ‘fooling the system’ when it made a multimillion-rand prepayment to the Guptas for coal from the ailing Optimum coal mine

Snehal Nagar and Gert Opperman from Eskom’s primary energy division will testify at the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture on Tuesday

"Eskom allegedly gave Tegeta preferential treatment even though the coal it supplied from its Brakfontein mine did not pass quality checks."

During his testimony before the commission, Glencore executive Clinton Ephron detailed the events that led to Optimum going into business rescue

Former Glencore CEO Clinton Ephron will take the stand on Wednesday and is set to outline how the company was pressured into selling the Optimum mine

The former minister’s role in Gupta-owned Tegeta’s acquisition of the Optimum Coal Mine is to be closely probed by Zondo commission

A new report focuses on the role of financial institutions in the illicit movement of of money

Earlier this year, Shiva Uranium was one of eight Gupta-owned companies that underwent business rescue processes

The revelations are contained in a near 500 page draft forensic report by national treasury into the capture of Eskom and Transnet

​The Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources has said it welcomes a report recommending the reopening of the mine

The mines are largely viable as mining operations, but optimal function requires the ‘right management’, members of parliament heard on Wednesday

The companies and the IDC are strange partners in court cases against the business rescue team