Committee meeting about SAA called off by acting chairwoman, angering DA
A meeting of Parliament’s finance committee was called off on Wednesday amid heated debate despite a strong South African Airways (SAA) delegation, led by CEO Vuyani Jarana, having travelled from Johannesburg to attend it. SAA executives and board members were due to present the airline’s financial results for the fourth quarter. Earlier in the day Business Day revealed details of the airline's turnaround strategy which envisages a near R22bn bailout by the state for the struggling airline. Acting finance committee chairwoman Thandi Tobias decided to call off the meeting, which was initially publicised as a closed meeting but then became open to the public. She insisted that no-one could leave the venue with the documents that had been handed out and threatened to call parliamentary security if anyone refused to hand them over. DA finance spokesperson David Maynier and deputy finance spokesperson Alf Lees disagreed with the decision to call off the meeting and to have a closed meeti...
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