Salim Essa paid for former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko's...
On Tuesday, two travel agents, Sameera Sooliman and Halima Allana, told the Zondo Commission that Salim Essa, a Gupta associate, paid R100,000 for former Eskom group CEO Matshela Koko’s overseas family trip in 2016. Sooliman told the commission that in December 2015 she received an email from Essa asking her to book for Koko and two of his family members for early January 2016. The family was travelling from Bali, Indonesia, to Dubai, then from Dubai to Johannesburg. The total cost of the booking and for the visas was R100,000, which Essa paid for, said Sooliman. This comes after Koko last ...