Passenger Rail Agency SA (Prasa) will be heading to the High Court in Pretoria to compel the Hawks to investigate pervasive corruption at Prasa, board chairman Popo Molefe said in a statement on Monday. Molefe had reached out to the Hawks since 2016, when General Berning Ntlemeza was at the helm of the Directorate for Priority Criminal Investigations. However, since his disclosure that Prasa had left a raft of cases in the care of the Hawks, progress has been scant. The high court also ruled in favour of Molefe and a board dissolved by former transport minister Dipuo Peters invalidating a new board that the minister had announced. In the statement, Molefe said there was no indication the Hawks had treated seriously reports that point to foul play at Prasa and that it had access to. “The Directorate for Priority Criminal Investigations indicated previously that it would prioritise its efforts and start with the Siyangena [Technologies] and Swifambo [Rail Leasing] matters. “Consequent...
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