Court hears claims of MTN graft

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The labour court in Johannesburg this week heard testimony of multimillion-rand corruption at cellphone company MTN, according to a report on Sunday.

The case revolves around an allegation by former MTN legal adviser Violet Magagane-Malao that the company was sweeping her claims of corruption under the carpet.

She said she was retrenched shortly after tipping off vice-president Ignatius Sehoole of claims that a senior official, corporate services boss Robert Madzonga, signed off on R12,2m in dodgy invoices.

Sehoole asked PricewaterhouseCoopers to investigate her claims.

The court heard that a 73-page PricewaterhouseCoopers forensic report found alarming evidence of corruption.

MTN told the Sunday Times that Madzonga would “argue his case in court” and would not comment to the newspaper.  — Sapa

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  • http://www.facebook.com/adriaanallers Adriaan Allers

    Well done MTN…

  • James

    Just a tip of the ice berg. This Robert guy is Mr 10%, just look at his fleet of cars

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