The Sunday Times
reports that Letsoalo also fired acting Prasa human capital executive
Bhekani Khumalo, in an alleged dispute over the salary increase
Acting Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) CEO Collins
Letsoalo has dismissed claims that he increased his own salary by 350%‚
saying it was a smear campaign.
Letsoalo addressed members of the media on Monday after the Sunday Times reported that he insisted he be paid the same as former Prasa head Lucky Montana.
Letsoalo‚ who remains an employee of the Department of Transport‚ was seconded to Prasa by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters in 2016, to turn the agency around. Montana had resigned amid allegations of corruption and maladministration.
Letsoalo addressed members of the media on Monday after the Sunday Times reported that he insisted he be paid the same as former Prasa head Lucky Montana.
Letsoalo‚ who remains an employee of the Department of Transport‚ was seconded to Prasa by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters in 2016, to turn the agency around. Montana had resigned amid allegations of corruption and maladministration.
In her secondment letter, Peters said Letsoalo’s pay
package of R1.3m would not change. He would‚ however‚ receive a 12%
"acting allowance"‚ the Sunday Times reported.
On Monday, Letsoalo his salary would return to R1.3m when he returned to the department‚ but that the R5.9m he was earning at Prasa had been approved by the agency’s board.
Letsoalo read out a letter from the board‚ stating its pleasure at his acceptance of the offer to act as group CEO. The letter also states that Letsoalo will be paid the annualised salary rate applicable to the position.
Letsoalo sought clarity from the group’s GM of remuneration and benefits, Bongani Nkomo‚ who wrote back with confirmation that the remuneration package for group CEO was about R5.9m.
The Sunday Times also reported that Letsoalo demanded a chauffeur-driven car and a company cellphone with unlimited calls, and that he fired acting group executive for human capital Bhekani Khumalo, in an alleged dispute over the salary increase.
Letsoalo denied these claims and said he was being targeted by those who sought to undermine the work he was doing at Prasa.
On Monday, Letsoalo his salary would return to R1.3m when he returned to the department‚ but that the R5.9m he was earning at Prasa had been approved by the agency’s board.
Letsoalo read out a letter from the board‚ stating its pleasure at his acceptance of the offer to act as group CEO. The letter also states that Letsoalo will be paid the annualised salary rate applicable to the position.
Letsoalo sought clarity from the group’s GM of remuneration and benefits, Bongani Nkomo‚ who wrote back with confirmation that the remuneration package for group CEO was about R5.9m.
The Sunday Times also reported that Letsoalo demanded a chauffeur-driven car and a company cellphone with unlimited calls, and that he fired acting group executive for human capital Bhekani Khumalo, in an alleged dispute over the salary increase.
Letsoalo denied these claims and said he was being targeted by those who sought to undermine the work he was doing at Prasa.
"I will fight this corruption in Prasa. I will fight this
nepotism in Prasa. We have hard-working men and women in Prasa. I want
to say to them more is coming‚ but we must never deviate from the cause.
People must seek to report what is truthful and not raise issues that
really don’t exist‚" he said.
Letsoalo said he was a "proud‚
incorruptible public servant" and that he was determined to leave Prasa
in a better condition than he found it in.
"There’s a lot of
people‚ like myself‚ that get attacked for trying to do the right
things." Letsoalo said he would like the Sunday Times to print a
front-page apology for not reporting on all of the facts related to the
story.
"I am not a Facebook or Twitter person but I heard I was
trending [after the story’s publication]. I don’t know if people know I
was trending based on lies‚" he said.
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