PetroSA chair's CEO bid foiled amid fraud allegations, Hawks investigation
The chairperson of state-owned oil company PetroSA, Nkululeko Poya, who had hoped to become CEO of the entity, has lost his chance to land the R5-million-a-year job and is under investigation by the Hawks over a fabricated court order.
Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe had favoured Poya for the top job at PetroSA and submitted his name to the Cabinet last November. But his colleagues insisted that Poya be vetted before the appointment, given his record in the public service, which includes a string of adverse findings from lying and spying on staff and manipulation of tenders. South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future.
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