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Hlakudi has brought an application to have the case struck from the roll.
A Pretoria magistrate will rule on the case next month.
Former Eskom senior manager France Hlakudi brought an application in the Pretoria Regional Court on Wednesday to have his tax fraud and evasion case struck off the roll.
His lawyers argued the fraud charges should not be applicable in this case and should be struck off before it proceeded to trial, the spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority s Investigating Unit, Sindisiwe Twala, said.
However, the Investigating Directorate argued Hlakudi intentionally defrauded the South African Revenue Services by failing to disclose his true income, which amounts to an intent to defraud the state , she added.
Citizen reporter Kgomoeswana appeared in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday when his case was postponed to later this year. Maphoko Hudson Kgomoeswana in the Pretoria Regional Court on 25 February 2021 on tax fraud charges. Picture: Supplied.
Maphoko Hudson Kgomoeswana appeared in the Pretoria Regional Court on Thursday when his case was postponed to 15 April 2021.
The National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) Investigating Directorate spokesperson, Sindisiwe Twala, said the case was postponed for a provisional date to be set for Kgomoeswana’s next appearance.
“The tax fraud charges were discovered during the investigation of the controversial R745 million Eskom Kusile power station corruption case. The Limpopo businessman and his company are accused of facilitating bribes in the fraud and corruption matter and he is out on R300 0
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