TimesLive reports that according to Transport Minister Dipuo Peters, there was nothing wrong with axed Prasa boss Collins Letsoalo's 350% salary hike because he should not be paid less than those who reported to him.  

The minister came out firmly in defence of Letsoalo in an affidavit filed in the Pretoria High Court on Thursday, indicating that some employees reporting to him were earning more than R4-million a year.  But Peters' support for the huge pay hike appears to contradict Letsoalo’s secondment letter, which she signed.  Letsoalo, who is CFO of the Transport Department, was seconded to Prasa following the departure of former CEO Lucky Montana.  Peters was replying to arguments by former board members, who have taken her to court over their unceremonious removal last week.  In a report attached to his founding affidavit, former board chairman Popo Molefe argued that Letsoalo's salary hike was in breach of the agency's remuneration policy as well as of the strictures governing the secondment of public service employees.

• Read this report by Sipho Mabena and Thanduxolo Jika in full at TimesLive
• See too, Peters defends Prasa’s axed chief Letsoalo, at Business Report

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