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But as Cope’s political fortunes worsened, he rejoined the ANC in 2014 and served as one of its MPs until 2019, when he was unable to return to parliament due to the ANC’s slim majority.
Ramatlakane is taking over the reins of Prasa as its non-executive chairman at a time when the passenger rail company is plagued with a plethora of problems.
Prasa is one of the state entities that fell to their knees through the large-scale looting of billions of rand of public funds through dodgy tenders during the era of corruption by state capture.
The agency has also been struggling to fully operate its commuter train services due to aging infrastructure and this was compounded during the harsh national shutdown, when criminals stole what was left of the old train tracks in provinces like Gauteng and Western. Cape.
Prasa has also recently been in the news after a public dispute between Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula and MKMVA leaders Kebby Maphatsoe and Carl Niehaus over security tenders at the state company.
Appointment of a new DG for home affairs
Mthembu also announced that Transnet senior executive Tommy Makhode has been appointed by the cabinet as the new director general of the department of home affairs.
The position had been vacant since 2018 following the resignation of then-CEO Mkhuseli Apleni.
Makhode had previously held various high-level positions in the government, including in the departments of basic education and higher education, science and technology.
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