On Sunday, the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) confirmed that it placed CEO Zolani Matthews under precautionary suspension after finding out that he has UK citizenship. READ | No love lost among unions as Prasa CEO placed on precautionary suspensionIn a statement, Prasa’s board said it found out about Matthews’ citizenship last week after the State Security Department declined his top secret security clearance. The board said Matthews had deliberately failed to disclose that he is a British citizen. Ramatlakane explained that Matthews is on precautionary suspension to allow for an investigation to be done “without interference”. The board stressed that Matthews is still a Prasa employee pending the investigation into the issue.

Source: News 24 November 21, 2021 10:18 UTC