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The multibillion-rand Kusile corruption case against former acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko and his co-accused has been struck off the roll.

The Kusile case involves charges of corruption in a R2.2-billion control and instrumentation tender which was won by ZABB, the local division of the Swedish-Swiss firm ABB. 

The R2.2bn Kusile corruption matter allegedly involving former Eskom acting CEO Matshela Koko was hit by a delay on Tuesday due to the non-availability of an Afrikaans interpreter.

Interlocutory application in R2.2bn Eskom fraud, corruption and money-laundering hit by delays due to non-availability of Afrikaans interpreter

Kusile corruption case: Courtroom G in the Middelburg magistrate court hosted a comedy of errors that unfolded on Tuesday morning.

A 49-year-old man has been charged with money laundering and added in the R2.2bn Kusile corruption matter involving former Eskom acting CEO Matshela Koko.

Lese’tsa Johannes Mutchinya has been added as accused number 18 in a fraud case involving R2.2bn related to the construction of the Kusile Power Station.

Portuguese national Maria Cantelo appeared in court recently, becoming the fourth accused in the case of defrauding Eskom of more than R14-million.

Records have provided the NPA with a detailed sense of how former Eskom CEO Matshela Koko was actively wooed by Swedish-Swiss robotics company ABB.

The Kusile power station corruption case shows an intricate network of corrupt businessmen - revealing the unending system of state capture.