{"id":67774,"date":"2014-09-07T07:08:26","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T05:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=67774"},"modified":"2014-09-07T07:59:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T05:59:28","slug":"telkom-ceo-cloned-plate-issue-heads-to-saps-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/67774\/telkom-ceo-cloned-plate-issue-heads-to-saps-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Telkom CEO cloned plate case heads to court: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The investigation into Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko\u2019s alleged use of cloned number plates has been completed, with a docket now with the police, according to a Sunday Times report.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the paper, JMPD director Gerrie Gerneke said that the matter is now a criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have more than enough information against this man,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As there has been no admission of guilt from the Telkom head, Gerneke is quoted as saying Maseko \u201cwill have to appear\u201d in court.<\/p>\n<p>In July, businessman Mabena Motshoane said he spotted his cloned number plates on a black Range Rover, belonging to Maseko.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Maseko ran up about R30,000 in traffic fines using the cloned number plates.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom responded to the issue, saying that it is a \u201cpersonal matter\u201d that is in no way related to the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs such, Maseko will deal with it in his personal capacity,\u201d said Telkom.<\/p>\n<p>The group also avoided discussing the matter at the company\u2019s annual general meeting.<\/p>\n<p>When asked for comment by the paper, Maseko maintained that he is co-operating with authorities,\u00a0 but will not comment as no official charges have been laid.<\/p>\n<p><em>The full story can be read in the 7 September edition of the Sunday Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Maseko<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Telkom CEO investigated for cloned number plates\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/63887\/telkom-ceo-investigated-for-cloned-number-plates\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Telkom CEO investigated for cloned number plates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Telkom\u2019s Maseko pulled into \u201cemergency meeting\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/64235\/maskeo-pulled-into-emergency-meeting\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Telkom\u2019s Maseko pulled into \u201cemergency meeting\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Telkom\u2019s Maseko talks broadband at Davos\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/52074\/telkoms-maseko-talks-broadband-at-davos\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Telkom\u2019s Maseko talks broadband at Davos<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The investigation into Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko\u2019s alleged use of cloned number plates has been completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":63895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[8782,26,8780,65],"class_list":["post-67774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-telecommunications","tag-cloned-plates","tag-headline","tag-maseko","tag-telkom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67774"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67796,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67774\/revisions\/67796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}