Numsa wants Scopa to probe SAA-Takatso deal
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) says it has written to Parliament to urgently put a stop to the merger between the South African Airways (SAA) and Takatso Aviation.
The deal, which the Competition Commission recommended the Competition Tribunal approve, would result in Takatso Consortium acquiring a 51% controlling stake of the national carrier.
Numsa says they believe the deal is a well-orchestrated play by Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan.
"We have been saying that the SAA deal which Gordhan engineered, stinks of corruption and we are disappointed that the Competition Commission has decided to legitimise a process which was illegitimate to begin with," says Numsa’s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola.
The trade union says it has written to the Standing Committee On Public Accounts to halt the deal.
"SAA exists because of an act of Parliament, and yet, the entire process of appointing Takatso remains shrouded in mystery because Gordhan refuses to disclose to the public, or to Parliament, how he came to the decision that Takatso were the right organisation to choose as equity partner. Gordhan has not disclosed the ‘due diligence’ process on how Takatso was chosen, we are simply expected to take his word for it that proper processes were followed, when they were clearly not followed," says Hlubi-Majola.
