The Auditor-General says there are doubts over the ability of SA Nuclear Energy Company and its subsidiary Pelchem to continue operating.
In November last year energy minister Jeff Radebe suspended three Necsa board members for “insubordination” and “defiance” and within 48 hours had replaced them with a new board – an astonishing display of efficiency given the usually tortuous hiring processes that take place at this level of the public sector.The three suspended board members are chairman Kelvin Kemm, CEO Phumzile Tshelane and audit and risk director Pam Bosman.
The nuclear medicine production facility was shut for nearly eight months from November 2017 for minor safety lapses, a case of “rampant overkill” by the nuclear regulator, says Kemm. That destroyed NTP’s ability to generate revenue, and was seized on by Radebe as evidence of poor governance by the suspended board.
In his reply to the Pretoria High Court application brought by the suspended board members, Radebe outlines his reasons for dismissing the board, claiming breaches of protocol and violations of the Public Finance Management Act. Government orders to suspend overseas travel by Necsa personnel were apparently violated – though this is disputed by Kemm, who provides evidence that Radebe’s predecessor as energy minister had specifically exempted Necsa from this ban.
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