A case of fraud and corruption against the former University of Johannesburg (UJ) chairperson, Roy David Marcus, has been postponed to December 4.
Marcus appeared in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in Palm Ridge magistrate’s court on Friday.
Marcus was nabbed a month after the arrest of his co-accused, the vice-chancellor of finance Andries van Schoor, and Adreas Spilhaus, the director at clarify investment corporation.
Police said in a statement on Sunday that the 76-year-old Marcus handed himself over to the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) at the Johannesburg serious commercial crime investigation offices on Friday.
His arrest came amid allegations of scheming involving more than R14-million at UJ. The case was postponed for docket disclosure.
Service not rendered
It is reported that Marcus, together with his two accomplices, colluded by submitting invoices to the university for services that were not rendered by the service provider.
The money is alleged to have been approved and paid by one of the accomplices without proper procurement procedures being followed to appoint three companies involved.
Marcus, it is alleged, was the director of the companies that were awarded tenders without following undue processes.
He was also the chairperson of UJ.
“Marcus did not have the delegation or authority to approve such payments thus breaching the code of conduct of the University of Johannesburg,” reads the statement.
“They failed by not exercising due care and skill, as well as failing to act in the interest of the university.
“He and his accomplices misrepresented themselves to the university.”
He was released on warning and will be joined by Van Schoor and Spilhaus when they return to court in December.
The other co-accused are out on R10 000 bail each.
The provincial head of DPCI in Gauteng, Major-General Ebrahim Kadwa, welcomed the arrest and encouraged the investigation team to follow all leads to ensure that all involved were brought to book.
