Kusile power station in Mpumalanga. Photo: Getty I
Former Eskom Group Executive for the Group Capital Division Abram Masango and former contracts manager France Hlakudi appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Tuesday, alongside businesspeople Maphoko Kgomoeswana and Antonio Trinidade.
They face charges of fraud, corruption, money laundering, offering unauthorised gratifications and receiving unauthorised gratification.
The matter was postponed to 1 June to allow for the exchange of additional documents.
The case against two former Eskom executives who were allegedly involved in a R745 million corruption case at the Kusile power station has been postponed for more than three months.
Two life sentences for man’s horrific killing of girlfriend
The victim, 27-year-old Keneilwe Pule was brutally killed and raped by Lungile Nxelelwa, who then chopped her body into pieces and set her remains on fire
Lungile Nxelelwa will likely never see the outside of prison again, after he was handed two life sentences for the gruesome murder and rape of his girlfriend.
Sentencing proceedings got underway in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. Nxelelwa also received five years for attempted murder, which will run concurrently with the life sentences.
The victim, 27-year-old Keneilwe Pule was killed in one of the most brutal ways imaginable in Sebokeng in 2019 – an act that shook the community to its core. Nxelelwa is said to have cut up her body in pieces, using a grinder, before eventually setting it on fire.
A man in South Africa named, Lungile Nxelelwa will likely never see the outside of prison again, after he was handed two life sentences for the gruesome murder
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Lungile Nxelelwa received two life sentences for the murder and rape of Keneilwe Pule
In 2019, he raped and killed her with a grinder before setting her on fire.
The two had been dating and living together for three years.
The family of Keneilwe Pule say they can finally start the healing process after her then-boyfriend Lungile Nxelelwa received two life sentences for her rape and murder.
Nxelelwa was sentenced in the Palm Ridge Magistrate s Court on Tuesday for raping and killing Pule, who he lived with for three years, and ultimately setting her body on fire in Evaton, Sebokeng in 2019. Nxelelwa is said to have used a grinder to commit the murder.
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Source: Department of Health
As of Tuesday, 26 January 2021, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases is 1,423,578 with 6,041 new cases identified, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed.
680 more Covid-19 related deaths were reported. This brings the total number of Covid-19 related deaths to 41,797.
Recoveries now stand at 1,254,674 representing a recovery rate of 88%.
Passengers move through during a media tour of the domestic terminal of OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, 28 August 2020. The tour was to showcase the developments and protocols that are in place after the Covid-19 alert level dropped to level 2