The sad joke that is SAA

South African Airways (SAA) has placed its acting CEO Vuyisile Kona on precautionary suspension. The suspension is based “on certain allegations that have come to the attention of the board, in respect of which the board has a fiduciary duty to investigate,” SAA said in a statement. “It must be stressed that the board has not come to any conclusion as to the veracity or otherwise of these allegations.”
Kona’s suspension was with immediate effect.
SAA said its board of directors was in the process of recruiting a permanent CEO. Applications (who would be so stupid to want to be the boss of this pathetic outfit?) had been received and the board was evaluating them.
“The board is confident that this process will be completed by 31 March 2013, at which time recommendations will be presented to the Minister of Public Enterprises Malusi Gigaba.”
The board had asked Mango CEO Nico Bezuidenhout to oversee the group’s operations, SAA said.
As previously reported on this site. SAA and it’s ugly sister, SA Express, are racist in its recruitment methods, mismanaged to the point of real bankruptcy and if they were not bailed out by tax payers (read ‘me’) to the tune of billions each year, then the once proud SAA would have been a footnote in the history of South Africa.