Open Secrets demands action from Hawks and NPA on Prasa corruption

NON-profit organisation Open Secrets wants to force the Hawks and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to probe and prosecute corruption at the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa).

- LOYISO SIDIMBA

In papers filed at the Gauteng High Court, Pretoria, Open Secrets wants to declare invalid, review, and set aside, under the promotion of Administrative Justice Act or the principle of legality, the failure of the Hawks to complete their investigations, within a reasonable time, into the unlawful contracts concluded between Prasa and two companies, Siyan-gena and Swifambo.

The organisation also wants to declare invalid, review, and set aside the corresponding failure of the NPA, which has assumed a guiding role in the Hawks’ investigations, to ensure completion of the investigations and to decide whether to prosecute.