The newly-appointed acting CEO of the Passenger Rail Association of
South Africa (Prasa), Cromet Molepo, was facing disciplinary proceedings
for bugging telephones — including that of a senior shop steward — when
he resigned as the head of Umgeni Water... attorney Julian von Klemperer, was tasked by the board to investigate the phone tapping allegations.... The “bugging” scandal received widespread publicity at the time... Von Klemperer found that the telephones of three people — two former
employees and the shop steward — were bugged on the instructions of
Molepo...
Payments — totaling R51 000 — for the illegal surveillance were made through an attorney’s office in order to conceal them. When the attorney discovered the truth, he withdrew his services and blew the whistle. more
