NEWS ANALYSIS: Gaps in Acsa CEO’s letter on allegations
When Bongani Maseko, CEO of Airports Company SA (Acsa), circulated a letter to staff at the state-owned entity on March 27, he implored them not to leak information to the media but to use official channels instead. He was referring to letters written by staff members to the Presidency and the departments of transport and finance, calling on the state as shareholder to suspend Maseko and to take disciplinary steps against him and other senior personnel. The staff’s pleas stem from a board resolution on February 3 2017 to take disciplinary action against Maseko and others implicated in forensic reports commissioned by Acsa. These letters and details of the charges against Maseko have been leaked to Business Day. The letters and forensic reports formed the basis of news reports over the past month, which, in turn, prompted Maseko’s letter to Acsa staff. The trouble with Maseko’s letter is that it fails to respond to the charges against him, save to say that processes were under way an...
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