Brakes are off transport department’s efforts to stabilise Prasa
Blade Nzimande says the transport department is dealing with Passenger Rail Agency of SA’s capacity challenges and has appointed a new board to lead the turnaround plan
Governance remains a big challenge for most of his department’s entities, says Transport Minister Blade Nzimande. Delivering his department’s budget speech in Parliament on Friday, Nzimande said the government had intensified its efforts to stabilise its entities, particularly the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa). “We will continue to intervene decisively to restore good governance. I have met boards and management of entities, articulating to them my expectations of the kind of professional conduct expected. Board members must be diligent, professional, understand their fiduciary roles, not interfere with day-to-day running of entities, and must fight corruption and state capture,” said Nzimande. The department was in the final stages of appointing boards for the Airports Company of SA, the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) and other entities whose terms had expired and where there were vacancies. Nzimande said his department was dealing with Prasa’s capacity challeng...
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