The circus that is Matshela Koko’s disciplinary hearing continued on Wednesday with the Eskom legal team being lectured and coached by the defence on how it should conduct its case. Sebetja Matsaung, an attorney and evidence leader, did not want to read the charge sheet into the record, saying it would take a long time. He told the chairman, advocate Mzungulu Mthombeni, that "the charges remain as presented to the accused and his team". When Matsaung declined to say what the charges were, advocate Frans Barrie, for the accused, lectured him about the process. "We need the charges to be read into the record so we can know what my client must plead to," Barrie said. This did not move Matsaung, who remained convinced that reading the six-page document would take up too much time. Eskom’s acting head of the legal department, Wawa Xaluva, who has the executive responsibility of the case, sat quietly next to Matsaung, staring at his mobile phone. Barrie then moved to read out the six char...
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