Former Public Enterprises Minister Barbara Hogan says when she was
called for an urgent meeting with former president Jacob Zuma at his
home in Pretoria, she knew that she was going to be dismissed.
Hogan is testifying on Tuesday before the State Capture Commission of
inquiry , and says she was requested to go to the official home on the
31st October 2010 where she was met by the then president Zuma and ANC
secretary Gwede Mantashe.
Hogan says knowing that she declined the president’s offer to stop
the process of appointment of a new chairperson for SAFCO, a forestry
company, she knew that she would be reshuffled by the president.
Hogan says at the time she also declined the offer of being redeployed and also resigned as member of parliament.
On Monday she told the commission she was under enormous pressure
when appointing Siyabonga Gama as Transnet CEO, saying she was labelled
as an anti-transformation racist.
role for the president in the appointment of the board and CEO’s in
state-owned enterprises.
former CEO Maria Ramos left in 2009 because Maseko is well-schooled in
all aspects of governance and he has integrity.
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