Tax fraud case against former Eskom executive postponed
Former Eskom executive France Hlakudi appeared in the Pretoria Regional Court in connection with tax fraud on Tuesday.
Hlakudi faces charges involving personal tax fraud totalling R30 million between 2015 and 2018.
He is also accused number one in the R745 million corruption case linked to the building of the Kusile power station.
“Hlakudi is accused of receiving millions from subcontractors from Eskom during the time when he was Eskom Kusile power station’s senior manager of capital contracts, before his resignation on the 13 November 2017," says spokesperson for the Investigative Directorate Sindisiwe Twala.
The tax fraud case was postponed to November to allow his legal team to study the docket.
Investigative Directorate head Hermione Cronje says this is one of many corruption cases at the power utility.
‘’This is one of the build-up cases to the many legs of corruption at Eskom that we plan to bring before the courts during our tenure.”