Just days after the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) placed its CEO Group Zolani Matthews on precautionary suspension, it has finally been revealed why: Prasa says Matthews had failed to disclose the fact that he had British citizenship.
“On the 17th of November 2021, the PRASA Board of Control (BoC) was made aware of a letter from the Department of State Security stating that Mr Zolani Matthews’ Top Secret security clearance has been declined. The reason for this decision it is due to his deliberate failure to disclose to Prasa that he holds a British citizenship,” said Prasa spokesperson Andiswa Makanda.
Makanda says the news came as a shock to Prasa and after going through a declaration form signed by Matthews back in May, it was evident that he deliberately concealed this fact.
“The effect of that material non-disclosure by Mr Matthews is in breach of his contract of employment. It is upon receipt of this notification that the Board took a decision to place Mr Mathews on precautionary suspension on 18 November 2021”
Prasa spokesperson Andiswa Makanda
Acting Group CEO appointed
In the wake of Zolani Matthews’ suspension, Prasa has now appointed David Mphelo as its acting Group CEO with immediate effect.
Mphelo is Prasa’s Group Chief Information Officer.
The reason to place him on precautionary suspension is to ensure that further investigation is conducted without any interference. It is prudent for Mr Matthews not to attend to his duties whilst the investigation is underway. The board would like to emphasise that Mr. Matthews remains an employee of PRASA pending the outcome of the investigation and the decision of the BoC. The BoC would like to be given space to deal with this matter without further issuance of further statements to the media
Prasa spokesperson Andiswa Makanda
from The South African https://ift.tt/3cuGnMi
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