Transport department hides behind confidentiality over double standards

Mboyi's suspension was irregular according to Msibi

- By Bongani Mdakane

Transport minister Barbra Creecy was allegedly not kept in the loop as per protocol ahead of the suspension of Lwazi Mboyi, the CEO of the Cross Border Road Transport Agency last month

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A storm is brewing in the Department of Transport led by minister Barbara Creecy, regarding alleged double standards in two cases involving suspended CEOs of the Cross Border Road Transport Agency (CBRTA) and the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), respectively.

The department, through its spokesperson Collen Msibi, issued a media statement on November 8 that the suspension of the CEO of the CBRTA Lwazi Mboyi by the former board of the agency on grounds of administrative issues, was irregular.

Mboyi was suspended in October, just a few days after the CBRTA annual general meeting (AGM) on September 29.

"The suspension was without the consultation with the minister in her capacity as the shareholder, nor concurrence from the minister. The decision is considered to be inconsistent with the provisions of the CBRT Act.