Nene says during a meeting, former minister of energy Tina Joemat-Pettersson produced a one-page letter which required Nene’s signature. 

Nene says he refused to sign the letter. “I told president Zuma in the meeting that I could not sign the letter without having first interrogated the financial and fiscal implications, and proposed funding model.” 

Nene says Zuma had pressured both Joemat-Pettersson and himself to get the letter signed off. 

Zondo confirms with Nene that if he had indeed signed this letter, it would have indebted South Africa in terms of the commitments laid out in the letter.