TNPA mum on PE port suspension

The port authorities have nothing further to add to the statements already made about a “probe into alleged misconduct” at Port Elizabeth harbour. Nor could it be confirmed whether the “senior executive” under suspension is port manager Ester Goosen, as has been reported in the PE Herald, quoting Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) insiders. Although quizzed by FTW, Mboniso Sigonyela, Transnet’s external communications manager, had nothing more to communicate. The statement released earlier still stood, he said. The investigation is still being continued, but Transnet has nothing to add beyond this confirmation. Meantime, a PE industry source told FTW there was evidence that Goosen was involved. “We hear that she’s taking them (Transnet, or a subsidiary thereof) to court,” he said, “to hurry the lifting of the suspension.” FTW has been unable to trace Goosen herself.