South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni does not believe she has done anything to harm the national airline and blames past decisions for many of its present woes. Contrary to claims by her critics, Myeni thinks it is in the best interest of the airline and taxpayers that she serve her full term of office of two years, not least because she is championing transformation. Her views are expressed in a letter to chairperson of Parliament’s standing committee on finance Yunus Carrim in response to a question posed by DA finance spokesperson David Maynier during a committee hearing in September, which she undertook to reply to in writing. "SAA’s performance cannot be solely attributed to me, as current chairperson," Myeni insists, pointing to the fact that SAA has never been fully capitalised and continues to suffer from the bad decisions of the past, including that taken by former CEO Coleman Andrews who sold and leased back the airline’s fleet. The airline had also suffered ...
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