Prasa board reviews report to get itself back on track
Acting CEO Collins Letsoalo says that Prasa is in the process of changing its supply chain management policy to address weaknesses identified by Thuli Madonsela
The turnaround plan at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), as well as a report into its procurement and supply chain management by the office of the Public Protector, are both receiving the attention of the agency’s board and will be brought to the attention of Transport Minister Dipuo Peters. This is according to the Prasa board which met with Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations in Cape Town on Wednesday. The meeting was called to discuss its financial and non-financial performance for the 2015–2016 financial year. Former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela identified billions in fruitless, wasteful and irregular expenditure at the agency in her report "Derailed", released last year. Prasa acting group CEO Collins Letsoalo told the committee that the agency was in the process of changing its supply chain management policy to address weaknesses identified by Madonsela. "We are working on a turn-around strategy which we will be referring to the board and the...
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