Most of the corruption allegations pertain to procurement irregularities that have cost the state and taxpayers billions of rands.
PRETORIA - At least 13 witnesses have been scheduled to testify and more than 26,000 pages of reports will be submitted to the state capture commission of inquiry when it deals with corruption at Transnet.
The evidence leaders started proceedings on Monday with an opening statement and an overview of the vast amount of evidence to be submitted. Most of the allegations pertain to procurement irregularities that have cost the state and taxpayers billions of rands.“During this first phase of evidence, approximately 13 witnesses will give evidence. That evidence will cover not only allegations but findings of procurement irregularities, fraud and corruption.”“There is a total of 17 separate documents. Combined, they run to 26,931 pages.
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