DuduMyeni | Former SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni has spent hours denying damning allegations against her.
Myeni was also accused of putting an end to a multibillion-rand transaction with Airbus to secure five aircraft that SAA would have used for international routes. The court was told that former finance minister Nhlanhla Nene had approved the deal in 2015, but that Myeni wanted to use a company of her choice to conclude the deal.
Her lawyer, Nqabayethu Buthelezi, previously argued there was no case against his client, saying she would take the stand on Thursday to clear her name. He then tried to use his opening address to say the current case was the result of “board politics”, blaming the other members of the SAA board who testified against her, saying some had been complicit in thwarting the alleged deals.It was then that Buthelezi summoned Myeni to the stand.
Regarding the Emirates deal, she read from an SAA comprehensive network and route plan that was approved by the board. The report, written by an independent firm, recommended that if SAA wished to expand and use the Johannesburg/Dubai route, it would require government intervention. Not for financial support, said Myeni, but rather that they limit the amount of flights on that route that Emirates would be allowed to perform.
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