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#UniteBehind demands prosecutions over R3.5-billion ‘too-tall trains’

Activists ask NPA, the Hawks and SIU to investigate the decade-old Swifambo contract as an organised criminal enterprise

#UniteBehind activist Zackie Achmat (right) meets advocate Tommy Bunguzana, deputy-director of public prosecutions at the National Prosecuting Authority, outside its offices in Cape Town. Photo: Liezl Human

Commuter activist group #UniteBehind has submitted an affidavit and forensic report to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) calling for investigations into the corrupt R3.5-billion Swifambo locomotive contract.
Only 13 of the 70 locomotives were delivered, and they were too tall for South Africa’s rail network. About R2.65-billion was paid to Swifambo before the contract was halted.
#UniteBehind has given the NPA a month to report on action taken and is calling on Parliament to investigate why there have been no prosecutions in the Swifambo case after more than a decade.

On Tuesday, commuter…

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