Michael Lomas, a former Eskom contractor who has been implicated in a R745 million corruption scandal involving the construction of Kusile power station, is expected to appear in the Westminster Magistrate's Court in London in the UK on Thursday. Lomas, the former director of Tubular Construction, was arrested in mid-April and granted bail of £100 000 (about R1.7million). As Fin24 previously reported, the UK extradition court processes require an accused to appear in court before an extradition can take place. "Only after the matter has been ventilated there, will the court decide whether or not to extradite him back into South Africa," the NPA previously said. A previous version of this article stated that Lomas' appearance was set down for Friday.

Source: News 24 May 19, 2021 15:00 UTC