Zondo on Prasa looting: How can there be no visible action to recover R2.6bn?

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Deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo was on Tuesday at pains to understand how no one was held accountable for rampant looting at the Passenger Rail Agency of SA during the Zuma years.

This included contracts that were irregularly awarded to companies whose owners were linked to Montana and politically connected businessmanThe wrongs that took place at Prasa led to a complete collapse of governance, leading to the agency having no permanent chief executive nor board for five years.Click here for the latest news and analysis of the state capture inquiry

“This is taxpayers' money, so that is part of the worry. I mean, why do you have five years without an institution having a CEO? Why do you have interim boards? “We know the people on the ground have lots of needs ... but all these things are just left hanging.”

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