Charges dropped against Telkom CEO

[Kevin Lancaster]

Charges dropped against Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko

The charges against Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko of unlawfully driving a car with falsified number plates have been dropped.

 

[Heisenborg]

Dis darem maar fokon lekker ne!!!

 

[Bighit]

How???

 

[Grasmuis]

Dis darem maar fokon lekker ne!!!

Lekker as jy pelle is met Zuma.

 

[Ianf1]

Is there no detail on why the charges were dropped?
Who is going to pay the R30K of fines run up on the false plate?

 

[LaraC]

Isn’t it going to be problematic to prosecute this offence in future or will everyone be allowed to fit other number plates to their vehicles?

 

[atomcrusher]

I have considered changing my name to something like Sipho, or Jacob. I can then get away with anything in the new SA

 

[Hemi300c]

It's fking sick and criminal the way the cadres get treated compared to the man on the street.

 

[LPCPT]

It's fking sick and criminal the way the cadres get treated compared to the man on the street.

That's life, and it happens all over the world, so why not here.

 

[WanderingMind]

I wonder how much it cost Maseko to get the charges dropped. Everybody has a price...

 

[BBotha]

I need to start making friends with people in the higher ranks of the ANC so I can also get away with corruption.

 

[RichardG]

Settle the matter out of court.

 

[P924]

Settle the matter out of court.

You cannot settle a criminal case like fraud out of court.

 

[Ancalagon]

Oink Oink!

 

[ajv]

So this means we can use his plates without issues ?

 

[Fulcrum29]

An explanation will be in order.

Oh, and,

In July, Telkom said the matter “is personal to Mr Maseko and is in no way related to Telkom”.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-charges-dropped-by-state-after-court-hearing

Maseko declined to comment as he left the Magistrate’s court in the city’s Wynberg suburb on Friday. The case against him was withdrawn, according to a court official.

“Mr. Maseko welcomes the decision,” Telkom spokeswoman Jacqui O’Sullivan said in an e-mailed response to questions. “The resolution of this matter now allows Mr. Maseko to put the issue behind him.”

So... Telkom welcomes the decision?

 

[techead]

huge surprise, no?

 

[rwenzori]

How the fork did those charges get dropped???

 

[Sbudah]

I have considered changing my name to something like Sipho, or Jacob. I can then get away with anything in the new SA

Interestingly, a guy named Sipho feels he has a better chance of getting away with *** if has a name like Kobus. Dijon or a surname like Pistorius.

 

[Sbudah]

How the fork did those charges get dropped???

Assumption: Settled out of court. He will pay the R30k in bills raked during his use of cloned plates and pay a small compensation to the owner of plate number. Makes sense. Yes/No/Maybe?