Prasa’s Mtimkulu owes back every cent he earned fraudulently
27 July 2015
It is greatly regrettable that Daniel Mtimkulu, the former Head of Engineering Services at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has resigned before his suspension and the investigation into his qualifications could be put into effect.
However, the DA is pleased with the swift action taken by the Prasa board to lay criminal charges against Mtimkulu to have the matter criminally investigated. The colossal waste of taxpayers’ money to fund under-qualified individuals is a crime against the South African people.
The DA will therefore be writing to Prasa’s Board Chairperson, Popo Molefe, to request that Mr Mtimkulu be made to pay back all monies he accrued over four years in his capacity as Head of Engineering – a job for which he was entirely underqualified – making his earnings fraudulent.
It is only fair for that these monies be paid back to Prasa. Mtimkulu oversaw a R600 million train acquisition contract that has procured trains which don’t fit on South Africa’s tracks, and left the contract open to the mercy of exchange rates.