Posts tagged with 'Prasa'

 

Sars guns for former Prasa CEO who owes over R1.8m in unpaid taxes

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JOHANNESBURG – The South African Revenue Service (Sars) has obtained warrants of execution to seize the moveable assets of former Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) CEO Lucky Montana.

Montana confirmed this on Wednesday saying it was in connection with unpaid taxes of about R1.8 million. The debt related to the capital gains taxes he failed to pay when he bought two properties worth millions of rand.

The former Prasa boss was dismissed from the parastatal in 2015 following allegations of maladministration and corruption, which he denied.

Montana said the sheriff of the court ambushed him at his Saxonwold home on Wednesday with a warrant of execution. The taxman arrived to seize his moveable assets such as his cars and furniture, but nothing was taken away.

He admitted he owed Sars but claimed he was in negotiations to pay the tax agency by selling one of his properties.

He accused Sars of being vindictive and uneth
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Prasa may lose 13 unused locomotives worth R2.6 billion due to dispute over ownership

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The thirteen locomotives that are not suitable for driving on the South African rail network because the huge machines are too high will now become a dispute over whose property it is.

The 13 Afro-4000 locomotives are now in the balance and Prasa will have to fight to make them his property, informed sources said.
The extremely expensive locomotives generated prominence when it became known that they were too high to move on certain rail lines, for which they were purchased.

The amount of R2.6 billion is up for grabs and will probably have to decide in court who owns Prasa or Swifambo.

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Prasa head suddenly resigns after only 9 months and his resignation comes as a shock to the SA business sector

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The Chief Executive Officer of Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa), suddenly handed over his resignation to the Board, and his resignation apparently means his immediate retirement.

Sibusiso Sithole’s resignation came just nine months after being appointed to the post, and the unexpected resignation raised many eyebrows in the business sector.

The Board of Directors confirmed that the resignation was received and accepted by the Board.

Sithole was appointed last year in place of Mthuthuzeli Swartz.

Photo – Sibusiso Sithole
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The national rail system of SA is in serious trouble – PRASA had nearly 50 collisions last year alone, Transnet had nearly 1,000 collisions – The ANC have some serious explaining to do and its not Jan van Riebeeck or apartheid’s fault but lack of maintenance

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Railway engineer and analyst Dr Willem Sprong says the rail network can still be saved, but only just.

With only three months left on their contracts, the Passenger Rail Agency SA’s (Prasa) board still has time and money to fix the failing agency.

This is according to railway engineer and analyst Dr Willem Sprong, who is technical director for railway engineering at Gibb Engineering.

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This is what happens when applying BEE to appoint workers! Incompetent personnel working at Spoornet as well as failure to do maintenance and repairs are the cause of the fatal train crash

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The truth is out. Communication problems between the train driver and Spoornet’s control officer caused the accident at Mountain View when two trains collided.

The train driver apparently requested the wrong authorization repeatedly and wanted to know what the controller confirmed the wrong authorization. Spoornet’s language policy has not been complied with. Speed was obviously also responsible for the accident. Prasa confirms that the part of the track has been hand-made since November 2018 because signals do not work and have not been repaired, and errors have occurred at various levels.

The fact that the signals are not being restored contributed to Spoornet that another million Rand was thrown into the water.

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