By BO Staff Writer The reasons why Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, wants the current chairperson of South African Airways (SAA), Dudu Myeni, out of the entity were revealed this week. In a bold decision that left analysts shocked, Gordhan instructed the Board of SAA to allow the controversial American consulting firm, Bain & Company, to …
Media Statement Minister Pravin Gordhan has signed a deal with Coleman Andrews’ company named Bain & Co to privatise 25% of SAA. Please note BLF has asked for a Commission of Inquiry into the conduct of the same Coleman Andrews who looted SAA and bankrupted it. Pravin has instructed the Board to implement this decision. …
By BO Staff Writer Do you remember Coleman Andrews? The man who sold South African Airways (SAA) aircrafts then leased them back through foreign companies linked to him? Do you remember how Andrews bankrupted SAA and then gave himself a R200 million “hand shake” for less than two years work? Now, this man has been …
By BO Staff Writer On 03 December the Black First Land First (BLF) movement will host its inaugural Black Business Seminar in Pretoria. One of the speakers who will address thr seminar is South African Airways (SAA) chairperson, Dudu Myeni. As part of SAA, Myeni has had to deal with misogynistic and racist criticisms from …
By Andile Mngxitama “I prefer land to niggers.” – Cecil John Rhodes Sipho Pityana has launched himself as the conscience of the nation ever since the funeral of Mkhankesi Stofile. This is a blatant abuse of the nation’s sympathy and respect for the dead to undertake the most shameless defense of monopoly capital in modern …
By Andile Mngxitama Today the Chairperson of the Board of the South African Airways (SAA) is expected to be insulted by the DA and EFF coalition partners when she presents the airline’s financial report to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Finance. The SAA is a highly contested lucrative State Owned Entity (SOE) which has been allowed …
By Khaya S Sithole The second week in September reminds us of the death of Stephen Bantubonke Biko and the demise of Black Consciousness. It marked this year the 39th anniversary of the assassination of Biko at the hands of the apartheid government. The most ironic element of this week is that the one individual …
By BO Staff Writer The white owned media has launched a sustained campaign of slander against Dudu Myeni, the Chairperson of the South African Airways (SAA). This campaign has been given a new lease of life by the racist Democratic Alliance (DA) media grand standing about instituting a court process to challenge Myeni’s re-appointment as …
