Mashatile: The Transnet CEO candidate has not been rejected by the ANC deployment committee.

 Mashatile: The Transnet CEO candidate has not been rejected by the ANC deployment committee.

Michelle Phillips, the CEO candidate for Transnet, has not been disqualified by the ANC Deployment Committee on the grounds that she is "not black enough".

Phillips continues to lead the race for the position.

The delay is a result of due diligence and screening procedures carried out by the government.
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The standard vetting and due diligence procedures that are followed when appointing top executives to the public service and state-owned enterprises are to blame for the delay in the appointment of new executives at Transnet, not the ANC's Deployment Committee.  At the end of January, the Transnet board finalized its proposals for the Transnet Freight Division (TFR) CEO, CFO, and CEO. Phillips and Solly Letsoalo, the CEO of Cargo Carriers, who served as Transnet's chief operating officer (COO) from 2005 to 2009, were the two front-runners for group CEO.

When Phillips was invited to take over as CEO in September of last year, after Portia Derby abruptly left the company, she was in charge of Transnet Pipelines, the best-run division. She is most likely the board's first pick.

It is also expected that Hlengiwe Makhathini, the interim CFO, and Russell Baatjies, the acting CEO of TFR, will be confirmed in their roles.  The recommendation must be approved by Cabinet, and that is why Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan stated on Friday that an announcement would be made once "government processes" were completed.

Gordhan said:

The Transnet Board has completed its procedures and is in charge of the hiring process. The subsequent phase entails ongoing government procedures. An announcement will be made after the Cabinet makes a decision and the government processes are finished.
Gordhan promised to try to move things along more quickly. As previously said, board chairperson Andile Sangqu anticipates an announcement before the end of February.

 Hail storm devastates Centurion, Cullinan, and other areas in Tshwane

"Some of these thunderstorms have the potential to become severe, resulting in heavy downpours, excessive lightning, hail and strong winds," stated the meteorologist.


Thabo Mabaso, a spokeswoman for Tshwane Emergency Services, told IOL that while they had received reports of flooding in Centurion, the situation was not serious.

"No emergency was reported, but traffic moved slowly due to the water rising over the bridge. Fortunately, no one was hurt and no property was damaged," he stated. On the other hand, Cullinan inhabitants suffered from flooding and property damage in two different sites.

Three houses' roofs were blown off in one place, and numerous yards were submerged under water.

In the meantime, a powerful thunderstorm that struck several parts of Nongoma last Friday in KwaZulu-Natal left a path of devastation, damaging homes as well as public buildings like churches, community centers, schools, and Eskom power lines.


The KZN Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) visited the area following the storm and pledged to help individuals in need.


Provincial disaster management teams have been assessing the damage caused by the bad weather in Nongoma, according to Cogta spokeswoman Siboniso Mngadi. According to preliminary reports, eight wards suffered significant damage. Three of the 78 damaged homes were entirely demolished. More than 600 persons were impacted by this. There haven't been any recorded deaths or injuries as of yet.

The storm also destroyed the roofs of the church and community hall, causing structural damage to the buildings and three classrooms at Nhlanhlayethu Secondary School. Five wards' worth of Eskom power cables sustained damage. Additionally, damage to a water scheme pump station resulted in disruptions to the water supply in certain areas, according to Mngadi.

Watch as a "first of its kind" tornado tears across Indonesia's West Java

Expert in climatology at BRIN, Erma Yulihastin, stated that the organization considers this incident to be the “first of its kind in West Java” and has assembled a research team to carry out a thorough investigation.

"On Wednesday, our research team at BRIN will immediately reconstruct and investigate the Rancaekek tornado. In order to help academics document this extraordinary weather event—which is being referred to as the first tornado in the region—the chronology of images and videos shared by the public and media is crucial, Yulihastin tweeted.

With the use of satellite imagery and wind speed readings, BRIN maintains that the event was a tornado even though the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Station in Bandung has categorized it as a gustnado.