STAFF WRITER
A senior manager with the Central Mechanical and Engineering Department (CMED) in the Roads Engineering Division is facing fraud and abuse of office charges to the value of R700 000.
The case was recorded at Central Police Station referenced as IR650524.
In his statement the police which was recorded this Monday, Tinashe Madziro testified that in 2021, CMED Roads Engineer Million Shumba offered his brother named as Sipho Maphosa an opportunity to supply Bitumen 70/100 for road construction.
Maphosa accepted the offer and indicated to Shumba that he use a company named as Muchingwi Solutions (Pvt) Ltd and was then instructed to deliver the product to Asphalt Products (Pvt) Ltd on behalf of CMED.
When Maphosa asked to see the purchase order, Shumba allegedly produced one with a company called Hillphantt Ent (Pvt) Ltd instead of Muchingwi Solutions. Quizzed about this anormally, Shumba allegedly told Maphosa this was done because Muchingwi Solutions was not VAT registered and processing the payment from CMED would have been difficult.
“Payment was made to Hillphantt Ent but was not handed over to Muchingwi Solutions,” stated Madaziro.
According to the statement, Muchingwi Solutions was prejudiced of R700 000.