Eskom employee released on bail for fraud
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A fraud case against Eskom employee who failed to fully disclose conflict of interest with the power utility has been postponed to March 26th.
The 40 years old Thandi Ruth Magagula who is employed by the State Owned Enterprise (SOE) [Eskom] as Safety Risk Manager was arrested earlier this month, February 9th, for the crimes allegedly committed between April 2013 and July 2015.
It said that during the time she was still employed by Eskom, Magagula was also a Director of Montoza Engineering and Project 9 which was rendering services to Eskom.
Not long after the matter was reported to Special Investigating Unit (SIU) it was discovered that the accused failed to declare for conflict of interest to Eskom.
The matter was referred to the Hawks for further investigation. The Hawks Middelburg based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation established that the accused made misrepresentations to Eskom on her declaration forms and tender documents that she was conducting business with Eskom.
Fraudulent actions saw the utility having an actual loss of R58 888.76.
Investigation was finalised and the matter was referred to public Prosecutor for decision. A warrant of arrest was authorised and executed on Friday, 9 February 2024. The accused appeared before the Middelburg Regional Court and she granted R10 000 bail. The case was postponed to 26 March 2024 in the Specialized Commercial Crime Court Middelburg.
She is facing Fraud, Corruption and Money Laundering charges.
