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PRASA rail theft trial bogged down in argument over virtual testimony

Key state witness is stranded in Dubai

Former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz (right) exits the Gqeberha Regional Court with advocate Mzwamadoda Mnyani in March 2025. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann

One of the state’s key witnesses, in a fraud trial against a former PRASA manager and a Cape Town businessman, is in Dubai and cannot afford a flight to South Africa.
The case concerns the alleged unauthorised sale and upliftment of 42km of rail between Sterkstroom and Khowa in the Eastern Cape in 2012.
The trial has dragged on for seven years, with one accused changing attorneys five times.
The state has applied for the witness to provide testimony virtually, arguing that witnesses from other provinces have repeatedly travelled to Gqeberha at public expense only for the…

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