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TimesLIVE reports that vindicated Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) group CEO Zolani Matthews is ready to return to work but is demanding nearly R15m in remuneration and benefits for the period that he was unlawfully dismissed.
The Labour Court on Monday dismissed an application by Prasa to review an arbitration ruling that reinstated Matthews in 2022. In a letter addressed to Prasa chair Nosiviwe Nokwe-Macamo on Monday, Matthews indicated that he was willing to return to work on Tuesday. He added: “I am owed 31 months’ salary in the amount of R14,983,333. I hereby request that this be paid into my attorney’s trust account by no later than 17h00 on Thursday, 4 July 2024, failing which I shall launch an application for contempt of court.” He further requested a reconciliation of other entitlements and benefits owed to him, including accrued annual leave, salary increases applicable to the position and a cellphone allowance, payment of which should be made by 17h00 on 12 July 2024, “subject to my agreement with amounts included in the reconciliation.” Matthews was dismissed by the rail agency in November 2021 for holding dual citizenship, which Prasa at the time said was a material breach that he had failed to disclose. An arbitrator then ruled that Matthews should be reinstated with back pay. However, Prasa applied for a review of the ruling, which the Labour Court dismissed on Monday, stating that the contract remained in existence.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Rorisang Kgosana at TimesLIVE
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