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Court demands answers on Acsa CEO’s case
The high court has ordered the board of Airports Company SA (Acsa) to provide reasons for not having suspended and disciplined CEO Bongani Maseko over corruption allegations and breaches of the Public Finance Management Act. Court documents forwarded by a group of concerned employees name Acsa’s chairman, the board and the ministers of transport and of finance as respondents to the order issued on Wednesday. The applicant is Acsa’s group legal counsel, Bonginkosi Mfusi. Acsa said on Thursday the court order was unexpected. A spokesman said Acsa had in December 2017 delivered a notice of intention to defend this application. "At the time, the company called upon Mr Mfusi to produce documents which Acsa required to deal with his application. Mr Mfusi has not yet provided such documents." Further, the spokesman said, attorneys for Acsa had not received notice that the application was set down for this week. "The company has accordingly instructed its attorneys to investigate the circum...
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