The public rail agency PRASA is to look into the veracity of allegations that its chief engineer is not qualified or registered with the profession's statutory body‚ the agency said on Thursday. Spokesperson Moffet Mofokeng said they have noted allegations made against PRASA's executive manager for engineering services Dr Daniel Mtimkulu.Mtimkulu's application to the Engineering Council of SA (ECSA) was rejected in 2006 as he only had a BTech qualification and a national diploma.He needed a BSC degree in engineering and more than 3 years’ experience to apply to register as a professional engineer.Mtimkulu claimed he had studied engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand before going on to study in Germany to get his doctorate‚ but Wits couldn't find any record of him having been a student.“He is a dynamic individual and a transformation leader who continue to play a major role in the revolution unfolding in the rail industry in the country. (We) will however initiate a process to establish the veracity of these allegations‚” Mofokeng said.Mtimkulu was introduced as the designer of the Afro 4000 locomotives that have been reported as unsuitable for South African infrastructure at a press conference defending the trains this week.The issue was based on the height of the trains - weekend reports stated that they were 4.264m high whereas the national limit was 3.965m.Mosenngwa Mofi‚ PRASA's head of rail safety‚ said these reports were grossly inaccurate. He said the maximum height of the locomotives was 4.1m as against the stipulated maximum of 4.5m.At that conference PRASA head Lucky Montana had said that the furore was due to a campaign to paint Mtimkulu‚ as incompetent because he was black.He said Prasa employees were being portrayed "as a bunch of incompetent guys [and] it is probably a race issue".The agency has said allegations against Mtimkulu had no bearing on the locomotives' compliance issue...