Cape Town - Prasa chairman Popo Molefe on Sunday
signalled that he would file an urgent court application to have Transport
Minister Dipuo Peters's decision to dismiss the board of the parastatal set
aside.
In his founding affidavit, Molefe accused the minister of
removing the board of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) in a
bid to block its probe into wasteful, fruitless, and irregular spending
totalling some R14 billion.
"The minister's action interferes with the ongoing
investigations at Prasa and may be an effort to frustrate the successful
outcome of these investigations," he said.
"The removal of the relevant directors clearly
threatens the constitutional principle of legality, the operations in Prasa,
the values of transparency and openness, and the continued viability and
finalisation of the Prasa investigation."
Peters dismissed the Prasa board on Wednesday, days after
she was forced to remove acting CEO Collins Letsaolo from the entity after he
publicly fell out with the board over his salary.
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It had been increased by 350 percent.
Molefe is expected to file the urgent application on
Tuesday morning.
There have been reports since last year of tension
between him and Peters.