Government ‘is remiss and extremely lazy’ since it knows these boards need to be replaced ‘years in advance’. Picture: AdobeStock The term of the board of the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) – which is three years – has been extended again. The current board was appointed in August 2018.
Sanral chair Themba Mhambi and some board members have now held their positions for eight years. The current board’s term was extended by former transport minister Fikile Mbalula in August 2021, with a statement claiming the Department of Transport was in the process of recruiting a new board and that this “will be concluded soon”. Sanral chair Themba Mhambi said in its 2022/23 annual report the board was requested by Mbalula to continue in a caretaker role until a new board was appointed “in January 2023”.
A Sens announcement on 10 January 2023 stated that Mbalula had confirmed the appointment – and reappointment – of Sanral board members, who would serve for a three-year term effective 9 January 2023. A SanralSens announcementon 8 January 2026 states that Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy has extended the current board term with effect from 9 January “until the earlier of a period not exceeding three months or the announcement of a new board”. Creecy said on Thursday in response to a Moneyweb request for an update on the status of the appointment of a new board that “it has been advertised” and there is a selection process underway. “You have to understand it has to go through a cabinet process,” she said.
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