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Popo Molefe: Montana misled Prasa board about R2.4bn Braamfontein project
Former Prasa board chair Popo Molefe told the state capture commission that the investigation into the project was kept confidential because people who were...
Prasa said the suspensions were spurred by findings by the Auditor-General, Public Protector and Special Investigative Unit, highlighting massive financial and governance flaws.
The committee said this would prevent their appointment on any other boards in future.
The Gauteng High Court found Mthimkhulu was central in the Swifambo contract where trains - that were too tall for the country's railway - were bought with taxpayer's money.
The unit was launched in October and was funded by Prasa, the City of Cape Town and the provincial government.
Former acting Prasa CEO Collins Letsoalo claims he was dismissed from the parastatal because he had uncovered corruption and was about to take action against executives and board members.
Former Prasa CEO Collins Letsoalo says the journalist who reported that he was ordered by the Auditor-General to pay back some of the money he earned at the agency broke the Press Code and should pay for it.
Former acting Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) CEO Collins Letsoalo says that it will be difficult for any CEO to last for more than six months due to rampant corruption.
This comes after Prasa was on Tuesday awarded a rescission of a default judgment in the High Court in Pretoria meaning the judgment made against it earlier this year is no longer valid.
The board chair and the CEO addressed the media on Thursday about their plans to turn around the organisation, which they have described as broken and struggling to survive.
The regulator took the decision to grant the temporary permit after Prasa's licence expired at the end of last month.
The Railway Safety Regulator says the company’s current safety permit expired on Tuesday.
The new interim Prasa board took a tour of some of Joburg's stations and management services, as well as a new development at Park Station to evaluate their role and decide on the company's future.
Former Prasa interim chairperson Tintswalo Makhubele was reacting to the claims made by Zachie Achmat following a Western Cape High Court ruling on Friday.
The new appointments come after the resignation of former interim board chairperson Tintswalo Makhubele last month.
Transport minister Blade Nzimande was expected to announce ministerial interventions at the Passenger Rail Agency this week but this has been postponed indefinitely.
Transport Minister Blade Nzimande is expected to outline ministerial interventions that will be taken at Prasa following last week’s resignation of Judge Tintswalo Makhubele as interim board chair.
He says one of his first priorities is to clean up the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa.
MPs were angry after Prasa’s interim board once again failed to show for a meeting at Parliament.