MPUMALANGA – Themba Teddy Mpika (48), appeared before Middelburg Regional Court on Wednesday 08 November 2023, after he was arrested by the Hawks Middelburg-based Serious Commercial Crime Investigation Unit, for Fraud and Theft.
It is alleged that between 2016 and 2019, the accused was employed by Eskom as a Senior Technician, stationed at Camden Power Station. While working for Eskom, the accused as a sole director of the company called My Teddy Enterprise PTY Ltd applied for a tender at Eskom, and the tender was awarded. In the process, the accused failed to declare that he was employed by Eskom. The accused further provided misleading information on the company’s Integrity declaration form by failing to indicate that he was conducting business with Eskom. Instead, the accused indicated that he does not conduct any business with Eskom. As a result, Eskom suffered an actual loss of about R6 million.
The accused was granted R200 000.00 bail, and the case was postponed to 15 January 2024 for further investigation.
