Johnathan Paoli
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has welcomed the decision of the Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises in referring the Takatso Consortium deal via the Minister of Police Bheki Cele to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) for further investigation.
The trade union released a statement on Monday and said after the committee’s finding of Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s failure to facilitate an open, honest and transparent transaction; the Minister attempted to bully the committee into keeping the deal secret, despite having no justification to do so.
“South African Airways (SAA) is a State-Owned Entity, and every aspect of the deal must be open to the public to scrutinize. Gordhan did not follow proper processes when appointing Takatso as the preferred equity partner for SAA,” NUMSA national spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said.
Hlubi-Majola said the union felt vindicated by this decision due to consistently opposing the
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