The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) will decide the fate of former Kaya FM station manager Greg Maloka, who is accused of sexually harassing and intimidating his former female colleague, Tsholo Lethoko.
Africa Daily can exclusively reveal that a team of detectives from Norwood SAPS probing the case has completed its investigation and referred the matter to the prosecuting authority for a decision on whether or not to prosecute Maloka.
Gauteng police spokesperson Tintswalo Sibeko confirmed that Maloka is now at the mercy of the NPA.
She said Maloka’s docket “has been booked out to the senior public prosecutor on 25 August for a decision”.
The referral of Maloka’s case to the NPA comes after Africa Daily revealed last week that the police had obtained statements from him and Lethoko’s colleagues at United Stations, where she worked as brand manager at the time Maloka allegedly violated her in 2011.
Among those questioned were Lethoko’s former bosses at United Stations, an entity responsible for selling advertising for Kaya FM.
Lethoko alleged that Maloka made unwanted sexual advances towards her and that his treatment of her became increasingly hostile after she spurned those coital advances.
She alleged that one of the incidents happened on March 3, 2011, during a weekly status meeting at United Stations’ offices.
She said Maloka’s conduct towards her during the meeting and customary greetings afterwards made her uncomfortable.
“Greg Maloka was engaged with me in an uncomfortable and inappropriate way, hugging me too tightly and whispering inappropriate and unwelcome compliments in my ear, much to my discomfort and disdain,” she said in her statement.
Lethoko alleged that Maloka’s behaviour continued during work-related events and after-hours engagements.
She described another alleged incident on May 12, 2011, after a team dinner at the Southern Sun Elangeni and Maharani hotel.
According to Lethoko, she asked her colleague Michelle Randall to accompany her to her hotel room because she anticipated that Maloka might contact her.
She said Maloka called shortly after they entered the room and that she put the call on speakerphone so Randall could listen.
Lethoko alleged that Maloka asked whether he could come to her room or whether she could go to his.
She sneezed at the suggestion, after which she said the conversation ended unpleasantly.
Lethoko claimed she subsequently reported the incident to her bosses and that Randall was able to corroborate the conversation she had heard.
She also alleged that Maloka became verbally aggressive towards her during a weekly status meeting at Kaya FM’s offices in Parktown North afterwards.
According to Lethoko, he insulted and belittled her and threatened to cancel the United Stations contract, saying he was unhappy with the company’s performance.
She said she told him to stop shouting at her and pointed out that she was not the appropriate person to discuss contractual concerns with.
Lethoko further alleged that Maloka later moved daytime meetings to evenings at the Hyatt in Rosebank.
She said she had told Maloka and her bosses that she did not like attending powwows after hours because she had an infant at home.
However, she alleged that she continued attending because she feared losing her job or being accused of insubordination.
According to her statement, Maloka would allegedly invite her to remain behind for drinks after some of the meetings.
She claimed that when she declined, he would call her a “prude” and laugh at her.
She said her colleague Mark Mdela was present during some of these occasions and attempted to ease the tension caused by Maloka’s alleged unsavoury comments.
In another alleged incident on November 11, 2011, Lethoko said she asked to speak to Maloka privately in his office because she wanted to appeal to him to stop what she described as sexual harassment.
She said she reminded him that she knew his wife personally and asked him to stop making sexual advances towards her.
According to Lethoko, Maloka laughed off her concerns, rubbed his leg or foot against hers and allegedly suggested that they could keep a proposed adulterous affair secret.
She rejected the proposition and left the office, she said.
Lethoko described the encounter as deeply distressing.
She alleged that she left the office in tears and subsequently called her friend Lebone Malaka to vent about what had happened.
On November 25, 2011, Lethoko said she told her boss, Rivak Bunce, that she could no longer work under the conditions and was not prepared to endure further alleged sexual harassment without serious action being taken.
She claimed Bunce told her that complaints about Maloka were widespread and that the board was investigating allegations relating to sexual harassment and alleged financial mismanagement.
Lethoko said she eventually approached three men she believed Maloka respected — Thabang Ramogase, Nhlanhla Mbele and Ciko Thomas — and pleaded with them to intervene.
According to her statement, Ramogase later told her that the three men had spoken to Maloka and that he had allegedly claimed to have stopped his behaviour and apologised.
Lethoko disputed that account, saying Maloka never extended an olive branch to her.
She claimed his alleged conduct only stopped after the intervention of the three men.
Lethoko eventually resigned from United Stations in December 2011, saying the situation had taken a serious toll on her.
Maloka resigned from Kaya FM in 2020 when the station was investigating allegations of sexual harassment and financial misconduct against him.
The investigations, conducted by respected lawyer Brenda Madumise, concluded that Maloka violated the station’s sexual harassment policy and placed it at risk of litigation and reputational damage.
However, despite the findings, Maloka was rehired by the current board chaired by Connie Molusi as executive commercial partner for United Stations.
