PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT
Prasa to get a new permanent board ‘soon’
A permanent board will soon be installed at the Passenger Rail Agency SA (Prasa), Deputy Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga says. "We are in the process of appointing a permanent board," Chikunga told Parliament’s portfolio committee on transport when Prasa’s interim board appeared before the committee together with civil society grouping UniteBehind. Advertisements for the board positions would be placed within a week, Chikunga said. UniteBehind was critical of the state of corporate governance at the transport utility, saying the lack of a permanent board was hampering investigations into state capture at Prasa. UniteBehind is heading to the High Court in Cape Town to compel Minister of Transport Joe Maswanganyi to appoint a permanent board, as well as to prevent the potential muzzling of investigations into alleged state capture at Prasa. Another pressure group, Rail Commuter Action Group, is also heading to court to have Prasa found in contempt of a court ruling which stat...
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