Sizakele Mzimela, under cross-examination by the former minister’s lawyers, also tells of ‘ambush’ at a meeting when the Gupta-linked Jet Airways placed undue pressure on the national airline to cancel its Mumbai route
Evidence leaders for the Zondo commission are at the Gupta compound in Saxonwold with former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor to carry out an on-site inspection
Former SAA board chair Cheryl Carolus recounted how Gigaba seemingly pushed the airline to drop the critical route between Johannesburg and Mumbai
The former ANC MP is expected to detail an alleged bribery attempt by the politically connected Gupta family
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/ 5 September 2007
South African Airways (SAA) is finalising the standardisation of working conditions with trade unions in its ”deep and fundamental” restructuring process, chief executive Khaya Ngqula said on Wednesday. He also said the process of grounding SAA’s costly Boeing 747-400 fleet by November is on track.