PERMANENT EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS AT PRASA

Ladies and gentlemen, this major step bears testimony to the fact that we are ensuring that PRASA is capacitated with befitting
talent in all positions.
I must hasten to indicate that I am best placed at this stage to attest to the fact that, it is no mean task that these colleagues will be
faced with. However, I can equally attest that it is doable and the positive signs are there for all to see that we are moving in the
right direction. I therefore make a humble appeal to PRASA employees as well as you, our fellow South Africans, to rally around
and support these colleagues. PRASA needs your support, our commuters and customers will benefit from it and our
country will be the better for it.
As I conclude, let me note that the appointments I am announcing this morning, come at a critical time when (as we all are aware)
PRASA is in the process of a turnaround, with various programmes currently underway to enable the organisation to be:
§ Customer centric
§ Efficient
§ A Rail Transportation Centre of Excellence
Towards this end, I extend a warm PRASA welcome to these colleagues, and am certain that they will positively contribute to this
noble effort of providing safe, reliable and affordable rail passenger services to our customers. Together we have to ensure that
we create a PRASA that is unrecognisable from its troubled past.
It would be amiss of me not to express my gratitude to the colleagues who have previously held the above positions in an acting
capacity. To them I say, Enkosi.
Lastly and crucially, we are seized with the Covid-19 pandemic and its undesirable effects, which are negatively affecting the
organisation. This pandemic finds PRASA at a very difficult time as we all know. However, our teams are working very hard to
ensure that our environment is safe for our employees and customers alike, and that we prevent and combat the spread of
COVID-19. We will soon outline our response plans after the Minister has announced Directions for Railway Operations.
I Thank You all for attending.