Makgatho says she travelled home from China with Anoj Singh's suitcase, but she never once opened it and immediately handed it over to Singh's driver at the airport.

Makgatho: "If we felt that the pricing was too excessive, the normal procedure was to terminate discussions and focus on other cost-effective facilities."

Makgatho says when the meeting concluded, Singh asked for a private meeting with one of the Chinese counterparts, which she was not part of. Makgatho says that he said he was managing him and stressing that Transnet is interested. 

Makgatho: "I just noted that he was a happy chappy after that meeting." 

Makgatho says that shortly after this, Singh's travel plans had almost immediately changed and he told Makgatho that he would no longer be travelling home with her, but he would rather be going home via London.

Singh asked Makgatho to gather his luggage from his hotel room and take it back to SA with her.

Makgatho now tells the commission about a planned trip to Beijing, China, as well as Hong Kong and Singapore.

Makgatho says the trip was cancelled twice, and rescheduled for a third time when she decided to do all the planning and travel arrangements herself. But once again, a few days before the planned trip and meeting, she was told it was cancelled. "I was not happy," says Makgatho, and she says she then went to Brian Molefe to escalate the issue.

After Molefe intervened, the trip finally took place on the third attempt - Molefe told Makgatho she could accompany Anoj Singh on the trip.

Makgatho says they struggled to reach a financing agreement with China North Rail and China South Rail, as their prices were too high.

Makgatho now discusses Transnet's engagements with China. 

Makgatho: "Their commitment fees were very high, their upfront fees were very high, but I was very patient at that particular point in time..."

Makgatho is still testifying about the locomotives tender, going into detail about the circumstances surrounding it.

Proceedings are under way. Advocate Refiloe Molefe is once again leading the evidence of Mathane Makgatho.

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Zuma had hands-on role in running of ANN7, inquiry hears 

Former president Jacob Zuma was actively involved in the running of the now defunct TV news channel ANN7, the state capture inquiry heard on Monday.

Testifying at the Zondo commission on Monday, ANN7’s former editor, Rajesh Sundaram, said although Duduzane Zuma, the son of the former president, was a shareholder, his involvement was minimal. 

Sundaram told the inquiry’s chairperson, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, that Zuma had a "much bigger interest" in the station.

He told the commission about how he got the sense that the Guptas had good ties with the president. "President Zuma was very warm toward them." 

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Ex-ANN7 editor Sundaram 'has an axe to grind', says former colleague 

Former ANN7 editor Rajesh Sundaram, who was tasked with kick-starting the channel, has been accused of having an axe to grind and justifying his "lack of success" at the now-defunct TV channel.

This is according to an affidavit written by former ANN7 editor-in-chief Moegsien Williams.

During Sundaram's testimony on Tuesday, evidence leader advocate Thandi Norman SC read out parts of Williams' affidavit.

In it, Williams said he considered allegations made by Sundaram in a serious light, adding that his reputation might now be destroyed as a consequence of "allegations made by an individual who has an axe to grind".