BusinessLive reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has fired its CEO, Zolani Matthews, for holding dual citizenship‚ which it says was a material breach that he did not disclose.
Matthews was informed of the decision to terminate his contract on Wednesday‚ just a few days before his extended probation period was to end on 8 December. Prasa is said to have informed Matthews that he failed to secure clearance from the State Security Agency. Just over a week ago the board‚ chaired by Leonard Ramatlakane‚ announced that Matthews had been placed on precautionary suspension. This was subsequent to the board’s failed attempt to fire Matthews for nonperformance. The board is alleged to have backed off from terminating his contract after Matthews provided it with a performance review proving that he had met his targets. Prasa‚ which has been unstable and unable to provide adequate services to commuters‚ has not had a permanent CEO since the departure of Lucky Montana six years ago.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Thanduxolo Jika at BusinessLive
- Read too, Prasa fires group CEO, at Engineering News
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