It's full steam ahead to derail Transnet graft
Epic swindles at rail behemoth will be Popo Molefe's priority
Popo Molefe, who was fired as chairman of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa last year when he blew the whistle on corruption, says rooting out corruption will be his priority at Transnet. He was appointed chairman of Transnet by Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan two weeks ago and says there is no time to be lost. "The South African public has become impatient because they observed these things happening for such a long time and the impression they got was that there was no seriousness in addressing them," he says. Transnet has been deeply implicated in state capture, including the alleged rigging of a R52-billion tender for the procurement of rolling stock. Although only interim chairman, Molefe doesn't intend holding back. He understands the need for quick results but says people must be "realistic". "The claws have gone very deep into these institutions, corruption has become pervasive. So it is not going to be smooth sailing."His experience at Prasa taught him wh...
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