Prasa’s former head of engineering was sentenced to 15 years of direct imprisonment on three counts of fraud, Cape {town} Etc reports. In March this year, the Asset Forfeiture Unit pounced on Mthimkhulu with an order to seize his assets to recoup more than R5.5 million from this fraudulently obtained salary increase.
Mthimkhulu’s CV stated that he held a national diploma in mechanical engineering from the Vaal University of Technology, a ‘degree in mechanical and maintenance engineering’ from the University of the Witwatersrand and a doctorate in engineering management from the Technical University of Munich in Germany.Mthimkhulu stayed in this position for 63 months, earning an additional R7 072 281.04 over that period – equating to a gross salary of R112 258.43 per month.
Because of this misrepresentation, the rail agency faced problems, including an unjustified increase in Mthimkhulu’s annual salary from R1.6 million to R2.8 million as the executive manager of engineering services. Senior State Advocate Sithembiso Bhengu said that Mthimkhulu’s actions hurt ordinary South Africans who missed out on benefits they could have received from the money he fraudulently took from Prasa.
‘Workers have paid a price for the costs of this fraudster’s appointment. As head of engineering, Mthimkhulu was involved in massive capital projects at Prasa.
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