Why was there no political and parliamentary oversight when things took a sharp downhill turn at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa? This was the biggest question on the first day of the resumption of the State Capture Commission hearings.
In 2017, when Popo Molefe and his board at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa were not getting oversight help from law enforcement agencies, or the transport minister or even the parliamentary Transport Oversight Committee, the board went to the office of National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete to force the ministers to do their job. However, to this day, Molefe said, his letter has never been answered.
On the first day of Prasa-related testimony in March, the Autopax acting CEO, Tiro Holele, said Zuma’s business associate and someone who indirectly did business with Prasa, Roy Moodley, walked through Prasa as if he had the influence to make big decisions at the agency.Zondo said he wanted to know who was informed of issues at the entity, and why these went ignored, as many appointments at state entities, including Prasa, were made with political involvement.
When Maswanganyi – a member of the Parliamentary Oversight Committee on Transport – was appointed, Molefe said he sent a letter congratulating him and asked for a meeting. Evidence leader advocate Vas Soni said, “they must have known that what they were doing was not in compliance with the law, but they’ve done so for five and a half years”.
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