Former head of engineering at the Passenger Rail Association of South Africa (Prasa), Daniel Mthimkhulu, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for falsifying his qualifications and other documents.
In early 2022, Mthimkhulu was found guilty on three counts of fraud for falsifying his qualifications and for submitting a fake offer of employment to drive his salary higher.
On Tuesday, the Specialised Commercial Crime Court in Johannesburg sentenced him to an effective imprisonment term of 15 years.
On the first count of fraud, Mthimkhulu was sentenced to 15 years. On the two other counts of fraud, he was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for each. These will run concurrently with one another and with the 15-year prison term.
Mthimkhulu was proven to have misrepresented his qualifications to Prasa after claiming to have a master's degree from the University of the Witwatersrand and a doctorate in engineering management from the Technische Universitt Mnchen in Germany. He also falsified a job offer from a German company in order to drive his salary higher.
