Members of the former board of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) are set to lodge an urgent high court application on Monday to reverse their removal by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters and to interdict her from appointing a new board. According to sources close to the Prasa battle, papers are set to be filed in the high court on Monday morning. This comes as Peters is scheduled to hold a media briefing on developments at the state-owned company, also on Monday morning. Parliament’s transport committee chairwoman Dikeledi Magadzi said Peters could not be held responsible for the chaotic state of affairs at her department’s entities as she gave only political oversight. She acquitted Peters in this way, saying she was playing her role as a representative of the shareholders, the taxpayers. "We can interact with the minister on these issues and we intend to. However, we must stress as the committee that it is very strange that we have boards who can’t seem to rein in their execut...
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