Former Eskom board chair Zola Tsotsi says he was called to a meeting at Minister Lynne Brown's home where Tony Gupta and Salim Essa were present.

Testifying in Parliament's Eskom inquiry‚ Tsotsi said he couldn't remember the exact date of the meeting but it was shortly after the Eskom board had been reconstituted.

He said they were to discuss board allocations‚ which Essa‚ the “Gupta lieutenant”‚ had become involved in.

“It seemed to me that I was not able to complete this exercise without the involvement of Mr Essa.

“I got a list (from him)‚ and I changed the list on the basis of what I thought it should be and I sent it to the minister. She sent it back and it hadn't changed from when I got it‚” he said.