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TimesLive reports that the Johannesburg commercial crimes court on Monday convicted former Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) head of engineering services, Daniel Mthimkhulu, of fraud for faking his academic qualifications to earn a bigger salary.
Mthimkhulu was convicted on three of the nine counts of fraud he was charged with for claiming to have acquired a master’s degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and a doctorate in engineering management from the Technische Universitat Munchen in Germany. As a result of this misrepresentation, Mthimkhulu’s annual salary went from R1.6m as executive manager to R2.8m for heading the engineering services. “In June 2010, he lied to Prasa about a job offer from a German engineering firm for a position as an engineering services specialist at a salary of R2.8m per annum. Consequently, Prasa made Mthimkhulu a counter-offer in September 2010 at a salary of R2.8m,” National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Phindi Mjonondwane indicated. The state argued that Prasa had suffered prejudice as it was made to employ and keep Mthimkhulu in its employment under a false and fraudulent profile. The state asked the court to reject his version that his CV had been manipulated by a third party. Sentencing proceedings will be held on 24 February.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Nomahlubi Sonjica at BusinessLive
- Lees ook, Oud-Prasa-hoof skuldig aan bedrog, by Maroela Media
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