Treasury says it will meet deadline to appoint accounting authority at Prasa
Former Prasa chair Popo Molefe told the state-capture commission in July that the ANC was aware of alleged corruption at the rail operator
01 September 2020 - 15:38
The Treasury has said it will meet the deadline set by the high court in the Western Cape to appoint someone to head-up the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) before the end of the week.
This follows judge Nathan Erasmus’s ruling that transport minister Fikile Mbalula’s failure to appoint a board for Prasa and his decision to appoint Bongisizwe Mpondo as the administrator was unlawful. So, too, was the minister’s appointment of Mpondo as Prasa’s acting group CEO and accounting authority...
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