GROUNDUP: Former Prasa Rail CEO back in the dock for fraud By GroundUp GroundUp_News
Mthuthuzeli Swartz appeared on Wednesday at the Port Elizabeth Specialised Commercial Crime Court. The case was postponed to 5 April. Swartz is the former acting CEO of the Rail division of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa .
He accused Prasa executives of irregularly hiring Werksmans Attorneys at a cost of more than R240-million. He said #UniteBehind “must answer why” they defended Werksmans Attorneys after they were was appointed irregularly. Werksmans Attorneys did forensic investigations into corruption at Prasa. The reports of this investigation were leaked to #UniteBehind and some of them have been subsequently been#UniteBehind responded in a statement sent to GroundUp.
GroundUp was unable to get hold of Walker before publication, but Metrorail in the Western Cape has seen a sustained campaign of arson. Earlier this month Walker said that over the past 18 months, Cape Town has lost numerous train carriages to arson, resulting in over “R500-million” in damages. The city recently had 37 train sets instead of the 84 it needs to run a fully functional service.that a former disgruntled staff member is suspected of being behind the arson attacks.
#UniteBehind responded that it was independent and it would investigate all those who were corrupt at Prasa. “An estimated R24-billion has been stolen and it will take Prasa a long time to recover from this. Next week we will be at the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria alongside Prasa to get back R4.5-billion from a corrupt tender. We are preparing detailed submissions for the Zondo Commission,” the organisation said.
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