Gordhan and Mboweni must break their wall of silence on SAA Business Rescue Process
20 August 2020
Note to editors: Please find a letter to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan dated 2 July 2020 attached.
Today, I have written to Tito Mboweni, the Minister of Finance, and Pravin Gordhan, the Minister of Public Enterprises, to request that they bring the nation into their confidence and provide details of the negotiations that they are reportedly having with potential investors in South African Airways (SAA).
Both Ministers have maintained a wall of silence since they last made an undertaking to source the funds required to enable the SAA business rescue plan to be implemented.
The reported resignation of Nico Bezuidenhout as CEO of Mango airline, a subsidiary of SAA, is yet another indication of the futility of the Les Matuson and SiviweDongwana R33 billion business rescue plan that requires R10.4 billion cash just to get SAA, Mango and South African Airways Technical (SAAT) back into business.