Eskom corruption accused now in court for tax evasion
An Eskom corruption suspect has been charged along with his company, for evading income tax and company tax to the value of R5 million.
Eskom corruption and fraud accused Maphoko Kgomoeswana appeared in the Pretoria Regional court on Thursday to face charges of tax evasion of R5 million.
Investigating directorate spokesperson Sindisiwe Twala said the court had postponed the matter to 4 August for plea and trial.
According to the indictment Kgomoeswana has been charged along with his firm, Babinatlou Business Services CC, for evading income tax and company tax from 2016 to 20818 to the value of R5 million.
Former Eskom executive France Hlakudi wants R30m tax evasion case struck off roll
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Cape Town â Former Eskom senior manager France Hlakudiâs tax matter was postponed to April 22 by the Pretoria Regional Court today.
This was to allow the magistrate, Adriaan Bekker, to hand down judgment on the application brought by the defence for the striking off of the fraud charges in the R30 million tax evasion matter, the Hawks reported on Wednesday. Hlakudi was Eskom Kusile Power Station senior manager for capital contracts.
ââHlakudiâs team argued that the fraud charges should not be applicable in this matter and should be struck off before the matter proceeds to trial.
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Kusile power station in Mpumalanga. Photo: Getty I
Former Eskom Group Executive for the Group Capital Division Abram Masango and former contracts manager France Hlakudi appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday, alongside businesspeople Maphoko Kgomoeswana and Antonio Trinidade.
They face charges of fraud, corruption, money laundering, offering unauthorised gratifications and receiving unauthorised gratification.
The matter was postponed to 1 June to allow for the exchange of additional documents.
The case against two former Eskom executives who were allegedly involved in a R745 million corruption case at the Kusile power station has been postponed for more than three months.
Former Eskom executives appear in court over R745m Kusile corruption case
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DURBAN - TWO former Eskom executives, facing charges of fraud, corruption, money laundering, offering unauthorised gratifications and receiving unauthorised gratification in connection with Eskom Kusile R745million corruption and fraud case, appeared briefly in the Palm Ridge Specialised Crimes Court earlier today.
Investigating Directorate spokesperson, Sindisiwe Twala, said erstwhile Eskom Group Executive for the Group Capital Division, Abram Masango, former contracts manager, France Hlakudi, businessman Maphoko Kgomoeswana, and Tubular Construction CEO Antonio Trindade are accused of committing these offences between 2014 and 2017.
She said they are all on bail of various amounts.