Fraud and corruption expenses towards former cupboard minister Zizi Kodwa and former EOH Holdings government Jehan Mackay have been withdrawn by the state.
In keeping with media stories, the costs had been withdrawn in courtroom on Friday. Information service EWN posted on X that “after reviewing their submission, the director of public prosecutions determined to drop the costs”, whereas SABC Information confirmed the case had been dropped and the 2 males had been free to go.
Kodwa had been accused of taking bribes from Mackay – the 2 are understood to be mates – in trade for presidency contracts.
The choice by the director of public prosecutions follows a authorized bid by Kodwa to have the corruption expenses towards him dropped.
In keeping with a report by News24 on the time, Kodwa’s lawyer, Zola Majavu, informed the specialised business crime courtroom in Palm Ridge south of Johannesburg that the majority of representations he made to the Gauteng director of public prosecutions on Kodwa’s behalf pointed to shortcomings within the state’s case towards him. Mackay made comparable representations.
Kodwa was arrested in June over alleged corruption and bribery linked to EOH. Mackay was alleged to have channelled funds of R1.6-million to Kodwa.
Centre stage
TechCentral reported in 2020 that Mackay had taken centre stage in corruption allegations involving funds to senior ANC figures, together with Kodwa, who was the celebration’s nationwide spokesman on the time.
Suspicious funds had been made by Mackay, from his private checking account, to Kodwa and to Siyabulela Sintwa, a private assistant to former President Jacob Zuma on the ANC’s Luthuli Home headquarters, proof launched on the judicial fee of inquiry into state seize confirmed.
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EOH subsidiary Tactical Software program Options (TSS) – based by Mackay and his father Danny and bought to EOH in 2011 for R130.5-million – allegedly paid off corrupt politicians by making funds to Mackay’s private checking account at FNB, from which he then transferred cash to numerous ANC bigwigs, supposedly for favours for successful authorities contracts. – © 2024 NewsCentral Media
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