Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has announced that the SAA-Takatso deal will no longer go ahead.
Parliament’s Public Enterprises Portfolio Committee had been trying to get information about the deal.
Gordhan has addressed the media in Cape Town.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) had claimed that details of the deal were being hidden from parliamentary oversight.
Earlier in March, during a parliamentary committee briefing, it was revealed that the deal between Takatso and South African Airways would not be made public.
During the early March parliamentary briefing, ANC MP Sibusiso Gumede reminded MPs that they were tasked by the speaker to investigate allegations of irregularities in the SAA Takatso deal, after a complaint by the former DG.
One of the allegations he made was that Takatso was not part of the first phase of bidders, documentation now seems to indicate that he was aware that Takatso, which is a merger between Harith and Global, made an offer to be the SEP.
“Furthermore, it’s the Molisane memorandum, which the former DG signed on 8 April 2021; a proposal by Harith and Global, which later became the Takatso Consortium was made to the DPE and we’re informed this satisfied the DPEs requirements.”
MPs said a lot of time and resources went into the probe and there should be consequences for those caught in a lie.
The minister addressed the media after the committee meeting and again gave his reassurance that the deal was above board.
See tweet from Abra Barbier below:
SAA now reverts to being 100% owned by government. #sabcnews
— Abra Barbier (@BarbierAbra) March 13, 2024
