DISCIPLINARY HEARING
Matshela Koko claims Eskom colleagues were on the take
Suspended Eskom executive says allegations against him started when he dealt with corruption
Suspended Eskom executive Matshela Koko on Thursday accused some of his colleagues of taking bribes from suppliers and said that they had started leaking damning allegations against him in retaliation when he dealt with corruption. The allegations against him, said Koko, started surfacing when he dealt with corruption on becoming interim CEO. For instance, France Hlakudi, the former Kusile power station project manager, was paid a R61m bribe, Koko said. He produced a document that showed another R400,000 was paid to Hlakudi Interpretation and Translation — owned by Hlakudi — by Tubular Construction Projects on the day that Eskom’s tender committee approved a tender for Tubular. The money was transferred into Hlakudi Interpretation and Translation’s bank account in 2015, said Koko. Koko was testifying in his defence against six charges of conflict of interest and of irregularly removing some of his colleagues from their positions. Koko also stands accused of having failed to declare ...
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