They face charges of fraud, corruption, and money laundering.
“The accused are to be arraigned on charges arising from alleged irregular contracts granted for the building of the Kusile power station valued at over R2bn,” NPA Investigating Directorate spokesperson Sindisiwe Seboka told TimesLIVE.
“The accused were arrested in Gauteng and Mpumalanga this morning at the crack of dawn,” Seboka said.
Koko and the other accused are expected to apply for bail when they appear in the Middelburg magistrate's court later on Thursday.
Former Eskom group executive Matshela Koko has been arrested on charges of corruption.
According to News24, Koko was nabbed – alongside his wife Mosima and his stepdaughter Koketso Choma – in connection to a multibillion-rand contract Eskom entered into with Swiss engineering company Asea Brown Boveri (ABB).
Zondo recommended that Koko should be criminally investigated for a raft of state capture-related crimes, including the ABB deal and the Guptas’ controversial Tegeta deal.
Thabo Owen Mokoena, the owner of Leago Engineering that was initially awarded a R96-million subcontract by ABB prior to Impulse International, was also arrested.
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