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News24 reports that former Eskom boss Brian Molefe was all smiles on Monday morning when he saw his ex-colleague, Matshela Koko, entering a Mpumalanga court.
Koko was among the 18 accused, including companies, who appeared briefly in the Middelburg Specialised Commercial Crimes Court. They are allegedly linked to a R2.2 billion Kusile power station corruption matter. Molefe sat in the gallery behind the accused. Koko, his wife Mosima, and another co-accused Frans Sithole, all smiled at Molefe. Koko, Mosima, her daughter Koketso Choma, and others are facing a string of charges. Speaking to News24, Molefe said: "I'm here as a law student to witness the injustice perpetuated in a matter that has been investigated in 2017 and is not ready for trial after seven years of investigation." The prosecutor, advocate Tiny Seboko, pleaded with the magistrate for the State to be given a further postponement to complete the docket. The State is awaiting affidavits from six key witnesses, all of whom are overseas. Molefe, a former Transnet group chief executive, has legal issues of his own. He is among the accused currently in the Palm Ridge Specialised Crimes Court in a R398.4 million Transnet corruption case.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ntwaagae Seleka at News24
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