Fin24 reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) announced on Wednesday evening that its group executive for information technology, Chris Mbhatha, had been found guilty for his role in the illegal awarding of a contract and had been dismissed.
Prasa contracts have been the subject of a number of forensic investigations. The rail agency advised that Mbhatha was found guilty in the Siyangena Technologies matter, where a contract was found to have been illegally awarded. The contract was for the installation of automatic speed gates, electronic information boards and surveillance systems. "Prasa is currently pursuing Siyangena in an effort to recover the monies paid to it which amount to approximately R4.5bn," Prasa advised. Other executives who were charged in regard to the same matter have also been found guilty and dismissed after hearings.
- Read the original of the above report by Khulekani Magubane at Fin24
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