Brown grilled over 'clear Gupta association'
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown faced a grilling from MPs on her alleged involvement with the controversial Gupta family and state capture at Eskom.
Parliament’s Eskom inquiry again continued late into the night on Thursday, with Brown denying allegations made by former Eskom chairperson Zola Tsotsi.
Tsotsi earlier testified earlier that, when he went to Brown’s house to finalise a list of board members in December 2014, he had found Tony Gupta and Gupta business partner Salim Essa in her home.
Brown denied that members of the Gupta family - or anyone else - influenced her decision-making as minister of public enterprises.
The minister faced some tough questions from Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Natasha Mazzone on what Tsotsi termed Brown’s "clear association with the Guptas".
MPs were not convinced by Brown's move to distance herself from any wrongdoing at the power utility and her allegation that Eskom deliberately lied to her about the parastatal’s dealings with the Gupta-linked Trillian.