The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and Transnet have welcomed the judgement handed down by Judge Lebogang Modiba at the Special Tribunal instructing former Transnet employee, Herbert Msagala, to pay back R26.4 million to Transnet.
The Special Tribunal found that he had illegally received payments from Transnet service provider, IGS Consulting Engineers, while employed full time by Transnet.
The SIU and Transnet instituted civil matters in the Special Tribunal in July 2020 to order that he pay the money he had received from a tender with IGS Consulting between 2015 and 2016.
The judgement is seen as a key step in ensuring accountability and consequence management for executives who may have been involved in criminal activity while employed at Transnet. The logistics company has vowed to continue to work with the SIU and other law enforcement agencies to ensure that justice is served on all those found guilty of wrongdoing.
“This is a continuation of implementation of the SIU investigations’ outcomes and consequence management to recover financial losses suffered by state institutions, including State-Owned Entities (SOEs) like Transnet,” said head of the SIU, Advocate Andy Mothibi.
“There are other cases enrolled in the High Court and in the Special Tribunal awaiting adjudication and will result in further recoveries for the state.”
