SAA’s Myeni can expect a grilling in Parliament, says DA
SOUTH African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni can expect a grilling when the SAA board and executive appear before Parliament’s standing committee on finance on Tuesday‚ the DA has warned.DA deputy spokesman on finance Al Lees said on Sunday the party was committed to getting to the bottom of the myriad issues that plagued SAA and that the party intended to hold those responsible to account at Tuesday’s meeting.Lees said that the 2014/15 SAA annual financial statements tabled late on Thursday‚ even though they are preliminary and a year overdue‚ revealed the extent to which the state-owned airline has been mismanaged."According to [Finance] Minister [Pravin] Gordhan‚ the finalisation of the 2014/15 report has been delayed because ‘a number of technical difficulties were raised by the auditors at the last minute’. Consequently the report tabled does not include the auditors’ report‚ nor has it been signed off by the board and could be subject to ‘material change’‚" said Lees.It...
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