Backdoor deals will be struck as the president refuses to go down without a fight, analysts say.
SAA’s losses for the 2014/15 financial year were R5.6-billion – close to R1-billionn more than the expected amount of R4.7-billion.
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The pilots’ association has questioned her ability to lead the airline out of its ‘current financial situation’.
The finance minister says he does not perceive the airline’s chairperson as an ‘all-powerful person who can do what he or she likes’.
The state-owned airline needs to ‘hire a competent, experienced CEO’ as one of the conditions for getting a R5-billion bailout, says Gordhan.
President Jacob Zuma is digging a deeper pit of disasters rather than acting in the nation’s interests.
Myeni, who is President Jacob Zuma’s ally, was appointed alongside 11 other board members on Friday.
“Dudu is untouchable. She runs SAA as if it’s her own private company and she gets away with it,” said a highly placed former insider.
Compromise deal sees the president’s friend Dudu Myeni retained at SAA.
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has ordered SAA to get a new board, but Myeni is expected to retain her position despite many calling for her axing.
SAA says the funding will be used for working and capital expenditure and to help manage outstanding debt.
That South Africa’s national airline is in a parlous state is no longer in dispute.
By seizing control of parastatals, the president is on a collision course with his finance minister.
Before his arrest, O’Sullivan sent e-mails to police threatening to expose alleged corrupt activities by President Zuma and police officials.
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Then finance minister Nhlanhla Nene quashed Dudu Myeni’s bid to force SAA to fly an "unprofitable" route to Khartoum – at Jacob Zuma’s behest.
Gordhan shoots down plan for local lease in favour of original swap arrangement. South African Airways retains financial stability.
Former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene left a bit of sanity behind as South African Airways retains financial stability.
The chairperson of the airline apparently resisted until the 11th hour, but treasury put its foot down.
Even if SAA can be steered off its collision course, whoever remains in the cockpit must manoeuvre the airline through a risky financial landscape.
This decision paints Zuma not as a strong leader but as an increasingly desperate one, eager to feed at the trough while he still can.
The national treasury has officially rejected the controversial alternative Airbus deal proposed by the SAA board and its chair, Dudu Myeni.
Interdicts served on several media recently are a hint at yet another attempt to protect SAA boss Dudu Myeni – at the cost of the national airline.
Finance minister Nhlanhla Nene wants someone who knows the industry to head the SAA board.
SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni faced hostile questions from MPs on Wednesday as woes at the national carrier show no sign of abating.
A copy can be made of the data taken from the forensic auditor’s office but it must be kept sealed pending an appeal, the high court has ruled.
Airline says Kalawe’s claims of whistle-blowing do not qualify as protected disclosures under the Act
Suspended SAA boss Monwabisi Kalawe strikes serious allegations against SAA chairperson, Dudu Myeni, and her drive to "control" all SAA decisions.
Eskom chairperson Zola Tsotsi says the President backed him when he said he wanted to set up an inquiry to investigate "rot" at the power utility.
A city manager is at the centre of an apparent scam that has backfired on embattled chief executive Monwabisi Kalawe.