Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has threatened to take Parliament to court for proposing that the SIU investigate the SAA deal.
The Public Enterprises Minister wrote a letter to Parliament on Wednesday morning.has threatened to take Parliament to court for proposing that the Special Investigating Unit look into the collapsed deal between South African Airways being appointed as the transactional advisor in the initial phase.
It is alleged that RMB had identified four companies on its shortlist – and Harith and Global Aviation was not one of them.Later, the Department of Public Enterprises set up an evaluation committee to handle the shortlisting process after RMB pulled out as transaction advisers. The department did not advertise for another company to do the work and according to the committee, Gordhan has not provided a credible response to this particular allegation.Now the committee believes Gordhan and his department has not provided sufficient reasons as to why an internal team was appointed as the advisor or why Takatso had been shortlisted in the second phase of the transaction.
Additionally, the committee indicated that it cannot whether the SAA deal was “above board” and will, therefore, recommend that law enforcement agencies “do their work in unravelling the truth about this transaction” particularly the alleged forgery of Tlhakudi’s signature in the strategic equity partner appointment process.
The former director-general alleged that he did not sign the so-called Molisane memorandum and was not part of the evaluation committee that had chosen the consortium led by Global and Harith as the preferred bidder.WATCH: ‘I do not know the price of a loaf of bread’ – Julius Malema
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