LETTER: Come clean on Prasa
Lt-Gen Lesetja Mothiba must order the Hawks to come clean on progress of Passenger Rail Agency of SA probe
The Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) calls on Lt-Gen Lesetja Mothiba, the acting national commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS), to urgently intervene and order the directorate for priority-crime investigations (Hawks) to come clean about the progress of investigations into alleged corruption at the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa). On June 19 Hawks spokesman Brig Hangwani Mulaudzi confirmed to the United National Transport Union (Untu), Fedusa’s affiliate in the passenger transport sector, that investigations into allegations pertaining to Prasa were continuing, but added that the Hawks were not obliged to go into the details. Two years have passed since former public protector Thuli Madonsela released her report, Derailed, in which she found evidence of maladministration, improper conduct and nepotism. However, until now no individuals have been brought before the courts. On June 6 Untu wrote to Mothiba asking him for feedback on the Hawks investigation aft...
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