Instability and clashes right at the top of SAA seem to be pulling the troubled airline further off course.
This is despite its board assuring anyone who will listen that its long-term turnaround strategy is on track.
But, internal sources at the airline said the extent to which its turnaround plan is troubled is indicated bythe fact that, besides Jarana, three other executives in his office have resigned since the beginning of the year. Another source at the airline said: “Vuyani was very upset about the fact that he spent so much money on consultants for Peter’s [Davies] office, but he was unable to provide this document. He felt like he was powerless to act against him because Peter, who had applied for his job, had been appointed by the board and reported to them.”
The source went on to say that the airline’s chief information officer left in May, but there is no record of an interview that got him the job in 2018. SAA had no money and they spent millions on consultants but they [the consultants] have now pocketed the money and have left or are leaving and we have nothing to show for it.”
The airline has been without a permanent chief financial officersince last year’s dismissal of Phumeza Nhantsi and SAA’s technical chief executive Musa Zwane for their role in the BnP Capital deal, a move that was seenby some at the airlineas a purge by Jarana.
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