SAA denies wrongdoing in hiring UK consultants
Business Times understands the consultants come at a cost of €1 000 (R14 505) a person a day, exclusive of accommodation
Consultants hired by ailing airline South African Airways in December have once again raised questions about the flouting of processes by the airline's executives. After the National Treasury rejected a bid by SAA to hire four consultants at a cost of R13-million for six months' work outside of procurement processes, the airline absorbed three of them on short-term employment contracts. Although the airline did not confirm the costs associated with the consultants, Business Times understands they come at a cost of €1 000 (R14 505) a person a day, exclusive of accommodation, which has been at the Southern Sun International Airport Hotel at OR Tambo International Airport, where a standard room starts at R3 700 a night. If the consultants work a five-day week for the contracted six months, they will walk away with R5.2-million. SAA whistleblowers claimed the three, Matina Massa, Augusto-Viansson Ponte and Ben Leon, were hired at SAA's office in the United Kingdom to allow the airline t...
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