In 2012, South African rail officials embarked on a disastrous R3.5bn drive to source new locomotives through a front company set up specifically for the huge contract. Court judgments have found the deal was steeped in corruption and bid-rigging, while the machines were unfit for South African lines. Thirteen of the Afro4000 locomotives are now set to be auctioned without ever being put into use by their hapless owner, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa...
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Come on Baby, do the Locomotion: Prasa’s too-tall trains under the hammer
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Gravy Trains, always on time: Cash from Prasa’s R3.5bn locomotives deal also flowed to Jacob Zuma Foundation
In 2015, a multibillion-rand contract from the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa for much-needed new rolling stock was derailed amid the infamous tall trains scandal. Scorpio can now reveal that the Jacob Zuma Foundation is among a slew of third parties that benefited from the almost R800-million in alleged loot emanating from the ill-fated contract...