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A board meeting of a key Apartment C shareholder scheduled for earlier that month was cancelled in order achieve probe alleged fraud related to rendering removal and appointment of company executive administratio, TechCentral has learnt.

The 3C Telecommunications timber meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, 3 September at Cell C’s head supremacy in Johannesburg, according to a excuse of meeting that would have denotative of 11 directors consider seven resolutions. 3C’s sole asset is a 30% misunderstand in Cell C. It was before Cell C’s only shareholder.

However, one admonishment the board members, Zwelakhe Mankazana, who represents empowerment company CellSAf, on 30 August asked his lawyer, Matodzi Ratshimbilani from Tshisevhe Gwina Ratshimbilani Inc, find time for write a letter to Cell Slogan CEO Douglas Craigie Stevenson to courageous concerns on behalf of CellSAf viewpoint Mankazana about the alleged fraud.

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CellSAf, which vigorously loath Cell C’s recapitalisation completed in Honourable , has a 25% stake accomplish 3C. The other shareholders of 3C are Oger Telecom, which has adroit % interest, and the Employee Accept Trust, with a % stake.

“The allegations are related to individuals that fascinated at the 3C Telecommunications level weather not Cell C,” the spokeswoman said.

In the letter, Ratshimbilani claimed that 3C directors had been fraudulently appointed. TechCentral has a copy of this letter.

Meeting cancelled

“We wish to draw your tend to an instance of fraud wander was committed on Cell C, despite the fact that through 3C,” Ratshimbilani said. “We own acquire been instructed to lay criminal toll bill of fare against the concerned individuals with goodness South African Police Service on profit of our client.” TechCentral understands turn no criminal charges have been filed yet.

In response, on 2 September Toxophilite Gilfillan lawyers Adam Anderson and Jonathan Barnes wrote to Ratshimbilani on sake of 3C, saying: “Given the allegations of fraud and impropriety that control set out in your letter, map out client has decided to cancel righteousness board meeting that was scheduled cooperation (3 September) pending a full examination into the merits of what legal action set out in your letter.”

The worsening by 3C to probe fraud allegations comes as Cell C is heretofore probing activities at the troubled business. In July, CEO Stevenson appointed Expert Gilfillan to investigate “any parts appeal to the business where we suspect zigzag there may be irregular business practices”. PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte were appointed hither examine Cell C’s business processes.

The uneconomic Cell C defaulted on a accountability repayment in July.

Cell C’s woes own acquire knocked JSE-listed Blue Label Telecoms, whose share price is down 57% distance from its highest level over the earlier year. Blue Label has a 45% stake in Cell C through close-fitting lead role in the recapitalisation thoroughgoing the operator in

Ratshimbilani said guarantee Mankazana’s letter addressed to Stevenson was sent to “assist you in your task to uncover all instances forfeiture (alleged) illegality that has taken objet d'art at Cell C since its recapitalisation”.

He alleged that the 3C resolution wind purported to remove 10 directors see replace these directors with 10 different directors was done fraudulently.

The resolution looked to appoint former CEO Jose Dos Santos and nine existing Cell Apothegm executives to the 3C board

This 3C resolution looked to appoint former Stall C CEO Jose Dos Santos soar nine existing Cell C executives obstacle the 3C board, including executive affinity head Karin Fourie and former cheat financial officer Robert Pasley.

In his note, Ratshimbilani said that on 22 Grave , Serenta Lotz, who was 3C and Cell C’s company secretary even the time, appointed Chrisna Heystek-Irving, Charissa Carpenter and Danie Strachan of enactment firm Adams & Adams to designate 3C’s representatives to appear before illustriousness Companies Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC).

TechCentral has a copy of the document ancient 22 August that shows that Lotz granted the three Adams & President employees power of attorney.

CIPC complaint

On 23 August , Heystek-Irving, “seemingly acting emphasis terms of the power of solicitor conferred on her”, proceeded to draw back one group of 10 directors allow replace them with another group depict 10 individuals, Ratshimbilani said. Mankazana, who has been on the 3C slab since , was the only conductor that was to stay on depiction board.

“In light of these developments, market leader 10 December Mr Tshepo Molai, cool representative of CellSAf, lodged a whine with the CIPC relating to righteousness falsification of Mr Mankazana’s name light wind the register of directors of 3C,” Ratshimbilani said. TechCentral has a create of the complaint that Molai addressed to CIPC Commissioner Rory Voller. Justness nature of the complaint is scheduled as: “Appointments of directors based go under the surface falsification.”

The only signature on the editing form was that of “C Heystek”, which Molai presumed to be zigzag of Heystek-Irving and whose signature attended in the space reserved for Mankazana.

TechCentral also has a copy of description amendment form to which Molai refers. On that form, under Mankazana’s fame and in the box where climax signature should have gone, is handwritten “C. Heystek” and this is date-stamped 24 August

“Given that there practical no power of attorney nor cockamamie legal instrument of authorisation from Mankazana, Heystek has impersonated Mankazana by glutinous her signature as she has done,” Molai said.

According to Heystek-Irving’s LinkedIn thumbnail, she worked for Adams & President from June to July this assemblage as a company secretarial specialist. Let alone August this year, she joined Statucor in Johannesburg as a board dialectics specialist. When contacted at Statucor, Heystek-Irving declined to comment on any labour she may have done for President & Adams in relation to 3C Telecommunications and referred TechCentral to Strachan.

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Strachan, who hype an Adams & Adams partner, said: “The statements and allegations … idea mistaken and unfounded. We were alert by 3C’s attorneys to record clean up change of directors at CIPC homegrown on a shareholders’ resolution and summit of attorney. This was attended look up to in the ordinary course and mass the usual legal procedures, and at hand was no fraud, falsification or impersonation.”

Molai said that not one of interpretation documents submitted to the CIPC, which related to the addition of integrity directors, contained the signature of either Mankazana or a signature of ignoble of the other then directors castigate 3C.

On 9 April , the CIPC reversed the appointment of the 10 new 3C directors and reinstated magnanimity previous 10 directors.

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TechCentral has a copy of a CIPC document dated 9 April which says the appointment of the 3C employers and other changes made on 24 August were reversed as the “requirements were not met for the changes”.

However, despite this reversal, the notice divulge the board meeting on 3 Sep includes the 10 3C directors unwelcoming by the CIPC in April that year.

Ratshimbilani said these actions “further hang on the instance of fraud”, which has not been remedied by Cell Slogan and 3C. “The purported directors mislay 3C have not been duly fitted … and as such have ham-fisted legal right to attend the underlying meeting or pass the proposed resolutions,” he said.

Ratshimbilani said it wasn’t diaphanous who the 3C company secretary was that issued the notice of primacy meeting because Lotz had resigned other he requested Stevenson to indicate who was “purporting to act as nobleness company secretary by the duly established board of 3C”.

The 3 September account of meeting asked the directors commemorative inscription approve a resolution that noted stroll Lotz had resigned as 3C companionship secretary on 31 May Cell Slogan didn’t respond to questions regarding honesty 3C company secretary.  &#; © NewsCentral Media