Locomotive procurement memo altered to favour China South Rail, Zondo hears
Johannesburg - A former Transnet engineer has told the Zondo commission that changes were made by Transnet executives to a contract specification memorandum for the procurement of 100 locomotives which resulted in a Chinese company being unfairly favoured.
He said his recommendations for Mitsui & Co was that the company already supplied Transnet and would be able to provide the locomotives with specific requirements with urgency. He said he could not say with certainty who had made changes to the business case, but he suspected former Transnet CFO, and head of group procurement at the time, Garry Pita had made the amendments.
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