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Making headlines: Lamola requests judge to reopen inquest into death of anti-apartheid activist Abdullah Haron, Kusile Unit 4 enters commercial operation, with two more units to go and, former Denel CEO is back as restructuring boss

 

Lamola requests judge to reopen inquest into death of anti-apartheid activist Abdullah Haron

Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola has asked the Western Cape judge president to designate a judge to reopen the inquest into the death of anti-apartheid activist, Imam Abdullah Haron.

Haron died in police detention on 27 September 1969 after he was held incommunicado for 122 days.

The security branch detained him in terms of Section 6 of the Terrorism Act and he died at Caledon Square police station in Cape Town.

The department said Lamola's decision in terms of Section 17A of the Inquest Act, follows a National Prosecuting Authority application for the reopening of the inquest to help it determine whether the original court finding that Haron died as a result of falling down stairs was correct.

 

Kusile Unit 4 enters commercial operation, with two more units to go

Eskom has announced that Kusile Unit 4, in eMalahleni, Mpumalanga, has entered into commercial operation, adding some 800 megawatts of much-needed generation capacity to South Africa’s load-shedding-prone electricity system.

The unit is the fourth of six units to enter commercial operation at the much-delayed 4 800-megawatts project, where design defects have also negatively affected the performance of the units that have been connected previously.

Group executive for capital projects Bheki Nxumalo described the development as a milestone and reported that the project team was working to complete the rest of the units without any further delays.

 

Denel CEO is back as restructuring boss

Former Denel group CEO Riaz Saloojee has returned to the state-owned defence technology company after he was forced out during the state capture period.

Saloojee was one of three Denel executives suspended in 2015 by then-newly appointed board chair Daniel Mantsha, one of the key role players that enabled the Gupta family members and their associate Salim Essa to capture Denel.

Saloojee who testified at the commission about attempts to bribe him, was finally suspended and fired, apparently owing to concern over aspects of a deal that Denel entered into.

Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said at the State Capture Commission that Salojee was "suspended by the board under very strange circumstances and noted that during his time as Denel's CEO, the organisation received a clean audit from the Auditor-General.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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