Fresh blood at the helm of Sanral
JOBURG – New CEO described as well-equipped to lead the national roads agency into a new era of growth and an expanded mandate to manage South Africa’s road infrastructure.
The board of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has expressed confidence in the newly appointed CEO of the agency, Skhumbuzo Macozoma.
Chairperson of the board, Roshan Morar said he was confident that the appointment would be welcomed within the broader engineering sector, the construction industry and the investor community. “Mr Macozoma brings strong professional credentials and an impressive track record of leadership and service in the industry. Sanral is fortunate to have found someone of his calibre and experience,” Morar said.
Macozoma’s qualifications and experience are something that the board of Sanral believed made him a well-rounded executive who was best placed to lead Sanral into the future. He holds a Masters of Science degree in engineering and previously served as the managing director of the Johannesburg Roads Agency. Currently, he is the CEO of the Electronic Tolling Company and has in the past served as a non-executive director of Sanral.
Morar also paid tribute to the retiring CEO of Sanral, Nazir Alli who led the organisation since its establishment in 1998. “Nazir Alli is a visionary who truly understands the crucial role of roads to connect people to places and keep the wheels of the South African economy turning. We wish him well in his future endeavours and know that Sanral will in future be able to draw on his experience and knowledge.”
Meanwhile, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has welcomed the appointment of Macozoma as the CEO of Sanral and wished him every success in his new role. Outa said Sanral needed to make serious changes to address the dire financial and credibility issues of the organisation that have unfolded over the past decade.
“We trust that Mr Macozoma will do his best to turn Sanral into the learning organisation that it ought to be, by engaging more meaningfully with the public, local communities and their critics on all pertinent matters and projects it takes up in the future,” said Wayne Duvenage of Outa.
“Sanral’s dire financial state and the numerous court challenges it has lost over the years has largely been due to the organisation’s lack of transparency, due process and poor engagement on matters of high societal impact.”
He reiterated Outa’s commitment to putting an end to what he described as the irrational e-toll debacle and added that they would also be holding Sanral board members and its directors, current and past, accountable for any serious transgressions and maladministration which it may uncover from its ongoing investigations.
