Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko appeared in the Wynberg magistrates court in Johannesburg on Friday over allegations of traffic regulation fraud, Bloomberg reported.
Maseko has been embroiled in a cloned licence plate saga since a year ago. He was accused of cloning a licence plate to avoid traffic fines.
In July 2014, The Star reported that Maseko was driving around using his previous vehicle’s number plates, which were legally being used by businessman Mabena Motshoane, who had bought Maseko’s old Range Rover.
It reported that Maseko incurred traffic fines totalling R30 000, but these were sent to Motshoane.
By chance, Motshoane saw Maseko’s car on a Pretoria freeway and noticed he was using his number plates. He opened a case with the metro police, and a case of fraud with Booysens police.
The Star had seen the fines, photographs and video footage of Maseko driving his car with Motshoane’s number plates. — NewsCentral Media, with Sapa