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Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) board members and executives, Department of Transport (DoT) officials, and Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula were in for a grilling from Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) when they were called to account for the sorry state of the national commuter rail agency on Tuesday.
Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa (IFP), Bheki Hadebe (ANC), Sakhumzi Somyo (ANC), and Alf Lees (DA) showed no tolerance for empty answers. Hlengwa said that the performance of Prasa and the department at the committee hearing did not inspire confidence and that the attitude displayed by “certain people” was “of serious concern”. Lees said he was “gobsmacked by the clear lack of urgency”.
A Prasa engine.
Cabinet has announced new CEOs for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa and the SA Post Office, two struggling state entities that have faced a high turnover of top executives in recent years.
Zolani Kgosietsile Matthews has been named group CEO of Prasa, while Nomkhita Mona is the new post office head.
At Prasa, Matthews will take over from acting CEO Thandeka Mabija, the group executive for human capital management, who was appointed as caretaker head in October last year. Matthews is a member of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa council - its highest decision-making body, and has served on a number of boards.
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