Public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan insisted in court on Monday that his decision to fire the Transnet board was driven by its failure to act against corrupt and reckless activities related to state capture. But former board member and head of the Transnet audit committee, Seth Radebe, argued that Gordhan’s decision to axe him after he had been in his position for just four months was irrational, illegal and motivated by "unfair discrimination". This, Radebe’s lawyers told the Pretoria high court, was because Gordhan chose not to fire a white board member, Arlana Kinley, who had been appointed at the same time as Radebe. Kinley later resigned. Radebe has filed an urgent application to challenge his dismissal by Gordhan and to seek the removal of the new Transnet board appointed by Gordhan.
At the heart of the case is Transnet’s R50bn acquisition of 1,064 locomotives which, according to the leaked Gupta e-mails, allegedly resulted in Gupta-linked companies receiving many...
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