By Lehlohonolo Lehana.
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has appointed Goodwill Nyathi as its acting CEO, with immediate effect.
JRA chairperson Charles Cilliers thanked the outgoing acting CEO Louis Nel for his efforts and the manner in which he conducted himself for nearly eight months while leading the JRA under difficult conditions.
Chief executive officer Tshepo Mahanuke was suspended following the credibility of his qualifications.
According to the statement the Independent Re-Authentication Report found that the CEO had a case to answer regarding his qualifications to hold office.
It was reported that Mahanuke’s resumé and CV state that he has a master’s degree in “competitive intelligence” from ACI College, Harvard Business School. However, this degree is not offered at Harvard and ACI is a separate college.
His resumé states that he received an “undergraduate engineering degree from the Vaal University of Technology (VUT)”, but he holds a diploma after completing an engineering technician course.
Nel an engineer by profession was appointed as acting CEO.
The city still has an average of 45,000 potholes at any one time, even after the private sector’s Pothole Patrol fixed more than 50,000 in the past 18 months. The number of potholes is calculated by resident reports and by JRA visual inspections. They are dangerous and cause accidents, especially in the rain. The Pothole Patrol has calculated R650-million in pothole damages to cars since it started counting.
“The status of the [road] network ranges from poor to very poor and requires rehabilitation or reconstruction,” according to the latest JRA quarterly report. The report says 68 city bridges need urgent repair.