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Johannesburg – Siyabonga Gama, the suspended CEO of Transnet Freight Rail, remained mum on Tuesday after his employer Transnet finally fired him over charges of misconduct.
Themba Langa, Gama's lawyer, told I-Net Bridge there was nothing to say at the moment.
"We are still going to consult," Langa said, reacting to Gama's dismissal.
On Tuesday the transport parastatal Transnet announced that it had dismissed Gama.
This followed the disciplinary hearing's 200-page finding which found Gama, who was suspended in September last year, guilty over charges brought against him on June 5.
The charges against Gama included an irretrievable breakdown in his relationship with Transnet.
The charges also involve alleged irregularity related to a contract to purchase 50 refurbished locomotives, and a separate charge that he exceeded his authority by granting a R18.9m security tender in November 2007 to General Nyanda Security Advisory Services (GNS), which is allegedly linked to Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda.
Two executives of the TRF have already been axed over discrepancies in this same security tender.
"The chairman of the hearing recommended that the appropriate sanction in each of the three charges and cumulatively against Mr Gama is summary dismissal," the group said.
"After studying the chairman's recommendation contained in sanction findings, the Company served Mr Gama with notice of his summary dismissal from his post as chief executive of TFR this afternoon."
Transnet said it will now make permanent appointments in place of the acting positions that were necessitated by the suspension and disciplinary action of Gama in consultation with its shareholder.
"The closure of this matter enables Transnet's top management to focus exclusively on the running of the business," the parastatal said.
- I-Net Bridge
Themba Langa, Gama's lawyer, told I-Net Bridge there was nothing to say at the moment.
"We are still going to consult," Langa said, reacting to Gama's dismissal.
On Tuesday the transport parastatal Transnet announced that it had dismissed Gama.
This followed the disciplinary hearing's 200-page finding which found Gama, who was suspended in September last year, guilty over charges brought against him on June 5.
The charges against Gama included an irretrievable breakdown in his relationship with Transnet.
The charges also involve alleged irregularity related to a contract to purchase 50 refurbished locomotives, and a separate charge that he exceeded his authority by granting a R18.9m security tender in November 2007 to General Nyanda Security Advisory Services (GNS), which is allegedly linked to Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda.
Two executives of the TRF have already been axed over discrepancies in this same security tender.
"The chairman of the hearing recommended that the appropriate sanction in each of the three charges and cumulatively against Mr Gama is summary dismissal," the group said.
"After studying the chairman's recommendation contained in sanction findings, the Company served Mr Gama with notice of his summary dismissal from his post as chief executive of TFR this afternoon."
Transnet said it will now make permanent appointments in place of the acting positions that were necessitated by the suspension and disciplinary action of Gama in consultation with its shareholder.
"The closure of this matter enables Transnet's top management to focus exclusively on the running of the business," the parastatal said.
- I-Net Bridge
