Lomas’s previous bail application was postponed in October last year to allow the state to share the case docket with the defence.
Eskom graft-accused Michael Lomas has been granted R2 million bail.
The 77-year-old Lomas appeared in the Johannesburg High Court, where the judgment in his bail application was handed down.
Lomas’s previous bail application was postponed in October last year to allow the state to share the case docket with the defence.
The hearing was also delayed so Lomas could undergo medical tests, including MRA scans, at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.
Arrest and extradition
Lomas was extradited to South Africa in September 2024 from the UK in connection with the upgrade of Eskom’s Kusile Power Station in Mpumalanga between 2014 and 2017.
He was arrested by British police in April 2021 at the request of the South African authorities and was subsequently granted bail of £100 000 (R1.7 million at the time).
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Corruption
The state alleges that Eskom paid R745 million to Tubular Construction Projects after former Eskom executive Abram Masango and senior manager France Hlakudi fraudulently advocated for the company to receive a contract to build air-cooled condensers at Kusile.
This led to additional costs for Eskom, escalating the contract’s total to R1.4 billion.
Lomas was indicted with Masango and Hlakudi, as well as the owner of Tubular Construction Projects, Antonio José Trindade, and the owner of Babinatlou Business Services, Maphoko Hudson Kgomoeswana.
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