JOHANNESSBURG – The Johannesburg High Court has admitted that Michael Lomas's bail is charged with strict conditions at R2 million.
British citizens are accused of sucking up more than R1 billion from Eskom through dangerous contracts.
Lomas is part of those accused of scaming Eskom with over R745 million fraud, and was paid for a tubular construction project he was chaired.
Massive bid fraud and grafting are linked to the construction of the mega-coal-fired Xiril power plant.
Lomas, who faces at least 65 counts of fraud, has been in prison since being handed over from the UK last September.
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Previous attempts by the elderly Roma to get bail have been unsuccessful.
This time, when he was 77 years old and was guilty of fraud, he was given bail under strict conditions, including:
You will have to surrender your British passport and South African identity documents to the investigator and live in a nursing home where you will be provided with the necessary assistance as they are prohibited from applying for travel documents.
Lomas was first arrested and released on bail in South Africa in 2021.
On bail, Lomas fled the country.
