A former Eskom Kusile executive will appear in court on Tuesday on the charges of fraud.
Mangope France Hlakudi was accused of embezzling over R30 million from tax.
According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Sindisiwe Twala, Hlakudi will appear before the Pretoria Regional Court on Tuesday on charges of alleged tax fraud which amounts to over R30 million.
“The case is in relation to his personal tax affairs and company tax of Hlakudi Translation and Interpretation cc, Coxinel Chicken (PTY) Ltd and Bon Services Telcom cc.”
“The period covered is from 2015 to 2018,” Twala said.
Twala added that Hlakudi is also accused of another corruption case which is related to the same power station.
He was accused of R745 million Eskom Kusile power station corruption cases.
“The charges detail how several contractors to Eskom paid over money to Hlakudi’s companies.”
“At the time he was Eskom senior manager capital contracts until his resignation on 13 November 2017.”
