Head of finance at Eskom’s primary energy division, Snehal Nagar, on Tuesday testified on how he was instructed to make a R659-million pre-payment for coal to Gupta’s Tegeta Resources within three hours without following Eskom processes. Nagar, a chartered accountant, told the State capture commission of inquiry that the Tegeta payment request from disgraced former CFO Anoj Singh was meant to ”fool the system” as the Eskom system required that goods be received, in this case coal, before any payment could be made.
