Why Justice Malala wants to be Dudu Myeni when he grows up
This week’s Food for Thought column is free to read. Forget Nelson Mandela. Forget Mother Teresa. Of course they are great people. But me, I want to be Dudu Myeni when I grow up
Forget Nelson Mandela. Forget Mother Teresa. Of course they are great people. But me, I want to be Dudu Myeni when I grow up. I know that you’ve all been shaking your Calvinistic heads over Cyril Ramaphosa and his domestic troubles. Well, I’ve been thinking about how SA Airways (SAA) board chair Myeni shows the middle finger to all conceptions of corporate governance. City Press has reported that Myeni has vowed to stay on as chair of SAA’s board "until ubaba goes". The paper wrote: "Three senior SAA executives and another source close to the board told City Press that Myeni had informed those in her close circle ... that she would not step down until President Jacob Zuma, known as ‘ubaba’, finished his second term of office in 2019." Yes, I know she has a bad reputation. I also know that this bad rep is well deserved. After all, she is chair of the JG Zuma Trust, and that is bankrupt — as is SAA. And she has had her hand on the tiller there since, well, forever. Yet you can’t dispu...
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