Woman arrested for Eskom fraud
Thandi Ruth Magagula (40), an Eskom employee (Safety Risk Manager), was arrested by the Hawks Middelburg-based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation on Friday, for fraud, corruption, and money laundering.
It is alleged that from April 2013 to July 2015, the accused was appointed by Eskom as a safety risk manager.
During the same period, she was also reportedly a director of Montoza Engineering and Project 9, companies providing services to Eskom.
The matter was reported to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU).
During the investigation, the SIU discovered that the accused allegedly failed to declare a 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 misrepresented to Eskom on her declaration forms and tender documents that she was conducting business with Eskom, while her company was actually rendering services to Eskom, resulting in an actual loss of R58 888.76.
The investigation was finalised, and the matter was referred to the public prosecutor for a decision.
A warrant of arrest was authorised and executed on Friday.
The accused appeared before the Middelburg Regional Court and was granted R10 000 bail.
The case was postponed to March 26 in the Specialised Commercial Crime Court, Middelburg.
