Dipuo Peters zeroes in on Acsa probe leader
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters on Monday issued an amended notice of intent to remove four Airports Company SA (Acsa) board members at a shareholders’ meeting scheduled for next Monday in a move that has stunned her critics. Peters has also waived the 10-day notice for shareholders to prepare for such a meeting. Minority shareholders have written to Acsa opposing the minister’s waiver. In the amended notice, sent out late on Monday and which Business Day has seen, Peters has taken John Lamola off the list of Acsa nonexecutive directors facing the axe. Instead, Kate Matlou, who spearheaded the board’s bid to have Acsa CEO Bongani Maseko suspended, is now facing the chop. The latest development was seen as a barely concealed attempt by Peters to scupper the board’s efforts to have Maseko suspended and disciplined for contributing to the rot at Acsa and weakening its supply chain. Peters, through her spokesman Ishmael Mnisi, said on Tuesday her actions had nothing to do with the CEO.<...
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