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the NRF institute an independent investigation and Deloitte and Touche was commissioned in 2004. The investigators asked Murphy to testify and for access to his bank accounts.

“I relocated my family to Canada after being shut out of employment in my area of expertise in SA. I was denied access to the Deloitte report ... I needed it to clear my name after being suspended and conned into resigning on the grounds that I would be able to further my career abroad.”

In 2009, Murphy unsuccessfully launched a court application under the Promotion of Access to Information Act to get access to the report and minutes of the NRF board meetings where his resignation was decided. “Since 2011, I have been pursuing an appeal. The NRF exploited every legal technicality to avoid my appeal being heard by a full bench.”

In June this year, the NRF finally let him read the Deloitte report, the public protector’s reports and the minutes of the board meet- ing where it was discussed. “The report reveals my termination of employment contract was secured by harassment, fraud and concealment by the employer. It is damning about iThemba Labs’ director as it shows he was in cahoots with the financial manager.

“It is also damning on the NRF top management, CEO and chairperson. Read with the public protector’s report, the Deloitte report indisputably reveals dereliction of duty by both the lab and the NRF.” –

Picture: Michel Bega Entertainers Chane Ehlers, left, Gary Groenwald, centre, and Refilwe Mokwena with the G-Bets Gauteng Summer Cup horse racing trophy last week at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton.