Prasa board to be dissolved as meeting descends into slanging match
After a marathon meeting of heated words, Parliament calls for an investigation into the Prasa board with accusations still flying about its former acting CEO
On Wednesday, in a dramatic turn of events, Parliament’s portfolio committee on transport called for an investigation into the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa) board, following a marathon meeting which exposed infighting at the helm of the troubled agency. This came after Transport Minister Dipuo Peters told the committee, through the department’s acting director-general Mathabatha Mokonyama, that the Prasa board would be dissolved. Sparks flew at a meeting of the portfolio committee on transport, resulting in the Prasa board being called to order for threatening to report the committee to Parliament’s presiding officer. The meeting was a continuation from Tuesday where accusations flew between the board and former acting CEO Collins Letsoalo. At the centre of the war of words were his efforts to increase his annual salary by 350% to R5.9m, ostensibly because his predecessor, Lucky Montana, had received the same level of pay. As tempers flared on Tuesday, the committe...
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