A statement from Natasha Mazzone, shadow minister of public enterprises, described the announcement from the Treasury that Gordhan had said the SAA Airbus swap deal, the earlier agreement that was approved in July 2015, must be completed as “very good news for South Africa, but very bad news for SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni”.
Mazzone added: “Tonight Minister Pravin Gordhan has stood up to Myeni’s political manoeuvring, and has sent Myeni crash landing to the hard ground of reality.”
The statement added that the deal approved by Gordhan gave SAA the financial respite it “so desperately needs” but added that Myeni’s politics was now “the elephant in the room”.
The DA said Myeni should be removed from her position at SAA, as should “those who acted together with Myeni to hamper the turnaround of the airline”.
Source – African News Agency (ANA)
