Johannesburg - The ruling African National Congress has called on the board of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) and minister of transport, Dipuo Peters to take swift action on allegations of irregularities at the parastatal.
This follows the release yesterday of a report by Public Protector, Thuli Madonsela, which concluded that sacked Prasa CEO, Lucky Montana, was guilty of maladministration, abuse of power and wasteful expenditure.
Montana has been identified in six of the 19 examples where tender and financial impropriety were mentioned in Madonsela’s report.
It also foind more than R2 billion had been misappropriated under Montana’s watch.
“The report has pointed to extremely concerning and serious allegations against the management of the agency,” ANC spokesman, Zizi Kodwa said.
“According to the report, there have been serious breaches and transgression on financial management of the agency raising suspicions of possible corrupt activity and relationships.
“No stone must be left unturned in the quest to get to the bottom of this matter. Corruption is the antithesis of the society we want to build and the ANC is committed to ensuring that it becomes a very unique exception in our country.
“As South Africans, we must be totally intolerant to such deviant behaviours and those found guilty of such transgressions must be brought to book.”
The ruling party has previously been dismissive of Madonsela’s findings, especially around president Jacob Zuma’s contentious Nkandla homestead.
Labour Bureau