Former Minister of Mineral Resources Ngoako Ramatlhodi and his former advisor Samuel Muofhe are testifying before the Commission of Inquiry into State Capture in Parktown on Tuesday morning.
Ramatlhodi is expected to shed light on the Gupta family's acquisition of the Optimum Coal Mine as well as the role the former president and his son Duduzane played in influencing the department's dealings with the family.
Earlier this week Independent Media reported that state-owned power utility Eskom has paid Gupta-owned Optimum nearly R1 billion this year for coal it has not received. This was a result of contractual obligations largely engineered by former mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane and axed-acting Eskom group chief executive Matshela Koko.