He has approached the labour court in Johannesburg to have the termination of his employment contract set aside.
The Treasury's report also recommends that former Transnet CFO Anoj Singh, Iqbal Sharma, a former business partner of Gupta associate Salim Essa and former chair of Transnet's board tender committee, another former CFO Garry Pita, current chief officer of advanced manufacturing at Transnet engineering Thamsanqa Jiyane, and Lindiwe Mdletshe, senior manager for strategic sourcing at Transnet Freight Rail, be criminally investigated.
Jiyane and Mdletshe are currently on suspension at Transnet.
The Treasury report recommended that disciplinary action be taken against those officials still employed at the state-owned enterprise (SOE).
The report has also recommended to the cabinet that it consider restricting the officials implicated, and who resigned before being disciplined, from being employed at any SOE for five years. Cabinet should also consider restricting officials who resigned or were dismissed for supply chain management misconduct from doing business with any organ of state for five years.
It has also recommended that the shareholder minister, now public enterprise minister Pravin Gordhan, ensure all recommendations are implemented.
- BusinessLIVE