The director of the now-liquidated front company that imported unsuitable locomotives to SA has launched a fresh legal bid to avoid being held financially liable for the ill-fated transaction. The trains formed part of a R3.5-billion deal that was labelled as corrupt in two consecutive court rulings...
Swifambo was merely a front for the “real bidderâ€, namely Vossloh España...
Now officially just a front: Prasa tall trains supplier wasn’t a ‘real bidder’
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Now officially just a front – Prasa tall trains supplier seeks to dodge R2.6bn claim because he wasn’t a ‘real bidder’
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Prasa in fight to get ill-fitting locomotives back
The chances of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) getting 13 of the ill-fitting Afro-4000 locomotives back hangs in the balance, amid a looming court battle over who owns them.
The pricey locomotive tender gained notoriety after news emerged that the locomotives were too tall for certain portions of the tracks on which they were meant to run.
The legal dispute over the locomotives has now taken a bizarre turn after Auswell Mashaba, the controversial boss of the empowerment company, Swifambo Rail Leasing, admitted that his own company operated as a front during the tendering process and that the locomotives therefore do not belong to the company.
As a result of Swifambo not owning the locomotives, his company can’t be held accountable for the billions of rands paid for the trains, he argues...