Labour court dismisses Prasa’s bid to set aside reinstatement of Zolani Matthews

The labour court has paved the way for axed Prasa CEO Zolani Matthews to possibly make a return to the entity as it ruled that his contract was still in force and set aside the rail agency’s review application of an arbitration ruling made in his favour.Matthews was fired by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) in 2021 for holding dual citizenship, which the entity at the time said was a material breach that he did not disclose.Matthews is the son of the late struggle stalwart Joe Matthews, who lived in exile in England, which is when the dual citizenship was obtained. He…