MyZA

News, Directory, Events and Other Stuff

You are here: Home / News / Suspend Nkululeko Poya NOW

Suspend Nkululeko Poya NOW

Dear Editor

The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling for the immediate suspension of PetroSA’s interim Board Chairperson, Nkululeko Poya, pending the outcome of investigations into his fitness to hold office. Considering the seriousness of the allegations that he is facing, it is highly irresponsible to let him continue working as the chairperson of the board when a cloud of suspicion hangs over his head.

Allegations against Poya are that he created a fraudulent court order, purported to be from the North Gauteng High Court, which he submitted to PetroSA to facilitate his appointment as the CEO. Still, even with a chequered past at other state owned agencies where he had held senior management positions, the Minister of Energy, Gwede Mantashe, did not conduct any due diligence before he appointed him as substantive CEO of PetroSA.

The DA has since submitted parliamentary questions to Mantashe asking that he provides clarity on the due diligence reports he considered before taking the decision to appoint Poya as CEO. Mantashe should explain why Poya’s dismal record at other state agencies such as the Railway Safety Regulator and the Housing Development Agency failed to raise red flags in the decision to appoint him at PetroSA.

While Mantashe is said to have asked Poya to furnish him with a written response, including an affidavit in relation to the validity and existence of the alleged fraudulent court order, the investigation will lose any credibility for as long as Poya continues to act the interim board Chair of PetroSA. Poya must be relieved of his duties so that he does not interfere with the investigation and possibly compromise evidence against him.

Even though he is standing in an acting capacity as the Chair of the Board, he is part of the senior accounting team at PetroSA. This means that the serious allegations that he is facing, of forging court documents and being investigated by the Office of the Chief Justice, render him unfit to handle the corporate affairs of the organisation. Unless he is cleared of these serious allegations, Poya must be placed on suspension with immediate effect.

Regards

Kevin Mileham MP
DA Shadow Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy

Category: Tag:

If you feel strongly about this article then feel free to send MyZA a ‘Letter to the Editor’ using the submission form below:

Letter to the Editor

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
If this is in response to an article please include that article title here or as the lead in for the first paragraph of your Letter below.

Separate tags with commas

Localise your letter by naming the city your words are about. Add relevant words describing your subject. Single comma separated words of no more than 5
Your Name(Required)
Your Name will be linked to the website below.
Your personal, business or social media web site
Choose NO to not set up a user account on MyZA. User Accounts will allow you to submit letters under your own Author Name

3 Latest Letters to the Editor:

  • NSFAS 2027 applications close on 31 October — SASSA households, apply now

    Dear Editor, I run SAGrant (sagrant.co.za), a free resource helping South Africans navigate SASSA grants. NSFAS applications for the 2027 academic year close on Friday 31 October 2026, and no extension is expected. If your household receives a SASSA grant, your child already passes the NSFAS financial eligibility test — but they still have to…

  • Publish the Call, Then Publish the Grade

    Dear Editor, South African football fans argue about everything — lineups, referees, who should start up front. But there’s one argument we never have, because nobody gives us the numbers: were the predictions we read all week actually any good? I help run XG Mind AI, a small independent football data lab. Our rule is…

  • Don’t Ignore a SASSA Review Notice — It Is Not a Cancellation

    Dear Editor, I run SAGrant (sagrant.co.za), a free resource helping South Africans navigate SASSA grants. SASSA has reminded beneficiaries that a grant review is not a cancellation. A review simply checks whether a beneficiary still meets the qualifying requirements — it can be triggered by a change in income, employment, marital status, address, contact details…

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. 3. to be injected with the AIDS virus for a slow death.

    So the German said, \”Shoot me right in the head.\” Boom, he was dead instantly.

    Then the Italian said, \”Just hang me.\” Snap! He was dead.

    Then it was Van der Merwe turn , and he said, \”Give me some of that AIDS stuff.\”

    They gave him the shot, and Van der Merwe fell down laughing. The guards looked at each other and wondered what was wrong with this guy.

    Then Van der Merwe said, \”Give me another one of those shots,\”so the guards did. Now he was laughing so hard, tears rolled from his eyes and he doubled over.

    Finally the warden said, \”What\’s wrong with you?\”

    Van der Merwe replied, \”You guys are so stupid…..

    I\’m wearing a condom.\”