Minister Pravin Gordhan clarifies South African Airways Strategic Equity Partner
23 Jun 2021
The Ministry reiterates that President Ramaphosa’s remarks made on 22 June 2021 in Cape Town, on the process of acquiring a strategic equity partner for SAA, are consistent with the statement issued by Minister Gordhan on 11 June 2021.
In the 11 June statement of the Minister of Public Enterprises, we state explicitly that:
“In parallel with phase one, complete all the necessary due diligence requirements, obtain all the required approvals and conclude all the legal agreements necessary to consummate this partnership.”
As part of key elements of ownership; “Subsidiaries: As part of the due diligence process, the DPE and the Consortium will carry out a joint assessment on the future of the subsidiaries.”