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The old railbed of part of the 42km of railway line allegedly stolen by former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz and Syed Mohiudeen can be seen along the bottom left of this photo taken at Sterkstroom, Eastern Cape.
The old railbed of part of the 42km of railway line allegedly stolen by former PRASA acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz and Syed Mohiudeen can be seen along the bottom left of this photo taken at Sterkstroom, Eastern Cape.
Steve Kretzmann/Groundup

It has been a year to the day since a High Court review application related to the criminal case of former Prasa acting CEO Mthuthuzeli Swartz and businessman Syed Mohiudeen, who are accused of stealing 42km of railway line in the Eastern Cape, was filed in the Gqeberha High Court.

The High Court application has caused the criminal case against Swartz and Mohiudeen in the Gqeberha Commercial Crimes Court, which had already been subject to years of postponements, to grind to a halt, GroundUp reports.

Not only is there as yet no date set for the High Court application, it has yet to be set down for hearing.

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