There seems to be no end in sight in the district court’s review concerning the state’s readiness to continue to trial with the R2 billion Eskom fraud, corruption and money laundering case against Matshela Koko and eighteen co-accused, whose defence teams all want the matter to be provisionally struck from the court roll.

The matter was postponed to today for cross-examination of the investigating officer to continue, after the bench recalled the policeman to clear up some issues pertaining to his previous testimony.

Neither the policeman nor the panel of state prosecutors can be identified for safety reasons.

The court was ready to continue, but the matter had to be stood down due to the absence of an Afrikaans interpreter.
Proceedings were previously postponed due to the same reason.

An interpreter from eMalahleni, organised by the court, was nowhere to be found today, with the court learning that another interpreter was scheduled to appear.
The court only learnt earlier today of the arrangements made between the interpreters, with an interpreter from Kriel supposed to attend.

The new interpreter, according to prosecutors, is wheelchair bound and had to be fetched from Kriel, resulting in the matter standing down.
Cross-examination of the investigating officer is, however, set to continue for the remainder of the day.

If defence teams do not conclude with cross-examination, the matter will be postponed yet again, while judgment is also only expected at a later date.