EX-ST MARK’S HEAD TO BE POSTED ON INTERPOL

MBABANE – Former St Mark’s Primary School Head teacher Chris Davies will soon be on the Interpol’s list of wanted people.

Interpol is the International Criminal Police Organisation, commonly known as Interpol. It is an international organisation that facilitates worldwide police cooperation. This is in a bid to try and recover about E99 795.26 which Davies allegedly misappropriated from the school’s funds following an audit by the auditor general for the financial year ended March 31, 2013. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Training Dr Sibongile Mtshali presented a progress report before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

She stated that they had received a statement from the Public Service Pensions Fund (PSPF), which revealed that Davies’s contributions with interest, had amounted to a total of E72 433.88. The PSPF further reported that the aforementioned amount would be subject to a tax deduction as would be advised by the Eswatini Revenue Authority (SRA). However, the fund said it would only deduct the monies owed by Davies once he acknowledged the debt in writing or the Fund was furnished with a court order to that regard.  Mtshali said it was in this regard that they considered involving Interpol so that Davies could be traced in order for them to recover the money. The ministry reported that since the benefits were not paid out to Davies, they had written to the office of the attorney general to seek advice on how to pursue the matter.

Informing

In April 2019, the ministry wrote to the attorney general informing him that the former head teacher was currently indisposed and out of the country and asked for advice on how they could recover the amount as per the statement received from the PSPF.  The AG, on May 8, 2019, stated that a deputy sheriff had been assigned to serve summons to Davies. However, it was reported that the last known residential place had been deserted. On a similar note, the ministry also stated that it was struggling to recover about E127 000 from Masalekhaya Simelane who was the Chairman of the School Committee at that time. The PS said numerous attempts had been made to contact Simelane, but he was not willing to pay. As a result, a letter of demand was written to the former chairman. However, a memorandum dated May 8, 2019 from the AG’s office stated that in Simelane’s matter, it was revealed that summons were issued and pleadings closed.  The AG reported that the matter was awaiting a trial date.                 

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