The Citizen reports that the former chairperson of council at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) was arrested last week by the Hawks on allegations of collusion involving more than R14 million.

Professor Roy David Marcus, 76, handed himself over on Friday. Hawks spokesperson, Colonel Katlego Mogale, said that Marcus and his two accomplices, the vice chancellor of finance Andries van Schoor and Adreas Spilhaus, a director at Clarify Investment Corporation, allegedly colluded by submitting invoices to the university for services that were not rendered by the service provider. During his tenure as chairperson of the council, Marcus was the director of the companies that were awarded tenders without due processes having been followed. “Marcus, subsequent to his arrest, appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court … and the matter has been postponed to 4 December for docket disclosure. Marcus was released on a warning and will be joined by van Schoor and Spilhaus,” Mogale indicated. Van Schoor and Spilhaus were arrested on 30 August and, after appearing appeared in court, were released on R10,000 bail each. Meanwhile, in August 2018 Marcus and Van Schoor were ordered to pay the university back the R14 million they allegedly siphoned off. Marcus resigned from his position in September 2017, and Van Schoor was fired after disciplinary proceedings in 2017 found that he had breached his employment contract with UJ.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Chulumanco Mahamba at The Citizen
• See too, Former UJ professor arrested for allegedly defrauding the institution of R14m, at EWN

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