According to media reports, the charges were withdrawn in court on Friday. News service EWN posted on X that "after reviewing their submission, the director of public prosecutions decided to drop the charges", while SABC News confirmed the case had been dropped and the two men were free to go.
Kodwa had been accused of taking bribes from Mackay - the two are understood to be friends - in exchange for government contracts.
The decision by the director of public prosecutions follows a legal bid by Kodwa to have the corruption charges against him dropped.
According to a report by News24 at the time, Kodwa's lawyer, Zola Majavu, told the specialised commercial crime court in Palm Ridge south of Johannesburg that the bulk of representations he made to the Gauteng director of public prosecutions on Kodwa's behalf pointed to shortcomings in the state's case against him. Mackay made similar representations.
