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Former Eskom  CEO Matshela Koko testifies at the State Capture Inquiry in May 2021 in Johannesburg. (Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)
Former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko testifies at the State Capture Inquiry in May 2021 in Johannesburg. (Gallo Images/Luba Lesolle)

If Matshela Koko can teach UCT students about "ethics and professionalism," then Jacob Zuma can lecture them about clean governance, writes Pieter du Toit

The decision to invite Eskom’s former head of generation Matshela Koko to deliver a lecture at the University of Cape Town’s department of civil engineering must have been preceded by quite an interesting discussion. 

The chat might have been attended by Professor Mark Zuidgeest, the departmental head, and some colleagues, who, in their quest to widen the exposure of their students to different ideas and intellectual contestation, discussed which external speaker would be able to blast open their charges’ minds.

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