{"id":2284,"date":"2021-01-13T18:24:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T18:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/south-africa\/?p=2284"},"modified":"2021-01-13T17:59:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T17:59:28","slug":"ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – Former Eskom and Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh will return to the commission of inquiry into state capture at a later date after the commission\u2019s legal team bungled a summons for him to appear.<\/p>\n

Commission chairperson Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo expressed his disappointment on Wednesday when it emerged that his legal team gave Singh defective summons to appear before the inquiry.<\/p>\n

An angry Zondo said Singh was summoned to answer questions about a non-existent affidavit that he did not file.<\/p>\n

In August, Singh was excluded from membership of the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants (Saica) after he was found guilty on a dozen charges including gross negligence, dishonesty, showing a clear lack of accountability and committed serious breaches of Saica\u2019s code of conduct, resulting in Transnet and Eskom suffering substantial financial prejudice.<\/p>\n

Zondo said the commission should not have issued summons stating that they filed a non-existent affidavit and described them as defective.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou as a leader should not have authorised your team to give the secretariat summons based on a non-existent affidavit,\u201d he told evidence leader Pule Seleka SC.<\/p>\n

According to Zondo, the summons served on Singh did not have to refer to any affidavit.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe summons should not have referred to any affidavit in circumstances where there was no affidavit,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said the summons should be direct and tell a witness the issues to be addressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese summonses do not tell him anything meaningful\u2026 The commission can\u2019t or shouldn\u2019t insist that he must testify on the basis of these summonses,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

The only thing Seleka could ask Singh about, strictly speaking, Justice Zondo said, is this non-existent affidavit.<\/p>\n

\u201dI was very inclined to refuse the request for indulgence that counsel for Singh requested,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Zondo maintained he wanted to insist that Singh give his evidence and be questioned but as things stood on Wednesday morning he (Singh) could approach the high court to ask the summons to be set aside because they are fatally defective and that he might have a good point.<\/p>\n

He said he had difficulty insisting that Singh must give evidence based on these summonses.<\/p>\n

Seleka said Zondo should appreciate the workload on the commission\u2019s personnel and that not everything passes through his eyes.<\/p>\n

However, Zondo told Seleka that as the team leader for the commission\u2019s Eskom work, the summons should not have been sent without being authorised by himself.<\/p>\n

Singh was ordered to file a comprehensive affidavit by the end of business on Monday, January 18, and that another date will have to be found for him to testify.<\/p>\n

Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Johannesburg – Former Eskom and Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh will return to the commission of inquiry into state capture at a later date after the commission\u2019s legal team bungled a summons for him to appear. Commission chairperson Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo expressed his disappointment on Wednesday when it emerged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-2284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nEx-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Johannesburg - Former Eskom and Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh will return to the commission of inquiry int ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Johannesburg - Former Eskom and Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh will return to the commission of inquiry int ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-13T18:24:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/01\/img-5fff34e5974bc.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"405\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-13T18:24:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed\"},\"wordCount\":454,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/01\/img-5fff34e5974bc.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed\",\"name\":\"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/01\/img-5fff34e5974bc.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-13T18:24:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Johannesburg - Former Eskom and Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh will return to the commission of inquiry int ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/01\/img-5fff34e5974bc.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/01\/img-5fff34e5974bc.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":405,\"caption\":\"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed - South Africa","description":"Johannesburg - Former Eskom and Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh will return to the commission of inquiry int ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed","og_description":"Johannesburg - Former Eskom and Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh will return to the commission of inquiry int ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-01-13T18:24:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":405,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/01\/img-5fff34e5974bc.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed","datePublished":"2021-01-13T18:24:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed"},"wordCount":454,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/01\/img-5fff34e5974bc.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed","name":"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/01\/img-5fff34e5974bc.jpg","datePublished":"2021-01-13T18:24:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Johannesburg - Former Eskom and Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh will return to the commission of inquiry int ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/01\/img-5fff34e5974bc.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/01\/img-5fff34e5974bc.jpg","width":720,"height":405,"caption":"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/ex-eskom-transnet-cfo-anoj-singhs-state-capture-inquiry-testimony-delayed#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Ex-Eskom, Transnet CFO Anoj Singh\u2019s state capture inquiry testimony delayed"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}