Pravin Gordhan obfuscates on SAA/Takatso deal yet again
31 October 2023
In a reply to a DA parliamentary question, the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, fails to provide the requisite clarity on the process followed to get the Takatso Consortium appointed as the private partner for SAA.
Minister Gordhan makes a bland statement to the effect that proposals from other interested parties were received but fails to provide details of where and from whom these offers were received.
A complete lack of transparency by Pravin Gordhan on the selection of a private shareholder for SAA has been his preferred strategy ever since this process began.
The question on the R3 billion guarantee that Takatso is supposed to provide has not been adequately answered. In fact, it now appears that Takatso is now wavering on the point that it ever made such a guarantee.