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Timeslive reports that the lawyer for ousted Transnet director Seth Radebe claimed in court on Monday that Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan “failed dismally” to respond to allegations of racism leveled against him.
Radebe has filed an urgent application challenging his dismissal by Gordhan and seeking the removal of the new Transnet board‚ appointed by Gordhan. Radebe wants the High Court in Pretoria to declare that Gordhan’s conduct in firing him amounted to “unfair discrimination” and was “unlawful‚ invalid and unconstitutional”. His lawyer, Adv. Dali Mpofu‚ said Gordhan failed to answer to Radebe’s claims that Gordhan “bullied” him “in the corridors of parliament‚ and screamed and shouted at him”. In court documents, Gordhan said he fired Radebe for failing to take action over evidence of multibillion-rand state-capture looting at the parastatal. He denied that the dismissal was driven by racism. “Race had nothing to do with this‚” Gordhan stated. The minister also rejected Radebe’s accusations that he was racist in his decision to keep Arlana Kinley – who has since resigned – on the Transnet board‚ while he fired Radebe. Gordhan stated that Kinley’s retention was aimed at ensuring continuity and had nothing to do with race. But Mpofu said this explanation was “senseless” and that Gordhan would still need to explain why he chose Kinley to ensure this continuity and not Radebe. The hearing continues.
- Read this report by Karyn Maughan in full at Timeslive
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