Dipuo Peters made a ‘calculated’ move with new Prasa board, says Popo Molefe
The transport minister named an interim board while the former board was lodging a court application to have their removal overturned
The appointment of an interim board at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) was a calculated move by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters‚ former Prasa chairman Popo Molefe said on Monday. Transport Minister Dipuo Peters earlier named former Sanral CEO Nazir Alli to chair the board, after unceremoniously firing the previous board last week. Peters’s announcement came amid an urgent court application by Molefe and his former Prasa colleagues to have their dismissal from the board declared illegal. Molefe said he and other former board members had written to the minister on Friday‚ asking her to supply reasons for dissolving the board and requesting and undertaking not to appoint a new board. The minister responded by saying that the requests were too short notice and that she needed more time‚ Molefe said. “Quite clearly they were trying to pull the wool over our eyes. They knew what they were planning‚” Molefe told eNCA on Monday after Peters announced the interim board. Pub...
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