Suspended South African Airways (SAA) CEO Monwabisi Kalawe has resigned.
SAA spokesman Tlali Tlali said in a statement on Friday the airline and Mr Kalawe had agreed that he would step down from his position as CEO as well as a director of SAA.
Mr Tlali said Mr Kalawe’s resignation meant that the disciplinary proceedings against him would become unnecessary.
Mr Kalawe failed in his bid to stop his disciplinary hearing and to overturn his suspension in the Johannesburg Labour Court last Friday.
He filed an urgent interdict at the Labour Court just before the Easter long weekend to have the disciplinary inquiry against him stopped and his suspension lifted.
Over the past six years four CEOs and one acting CEO have left the airline.
Judgment on Mr Kalawe’s application before an independent arbitrator‚ Nazeer Cassim SC‚ to have his disciplinary hearing halted and his suspension lifted‚ was reserved last Friday‚ but instead Mr Kalawe’s contract has been terminated.
Mr Kalawe had initially filed the application at the Labour Court but withdrew it‚ opting for it to be heard before Mr Cassim.
In his founding affidavit filed to the Labour Court‚ Mr Kalawe argued that SAA was now accusing him of procuring false overseas bank statements to dig up dirt on SAA board chairman Dudu Myeni‚ and sending the documents to private investigator Paul O’Sullivan‚ knowing that he would make them public.
Mr Kalawe denied this in court documents and claimed to have made the disclosures in the interests of the national carrier.
“During the arbitration proceedings both parties agreed that the employment relationship between Mr Kalawe and SAA had irretrievably broken down and that Mr. Kalawe would not seek to continue employment at SAA‚” Mr Tlali said.
Mr Kalawe would receive a payment from SAA in lieu of his contractual three months’ notice and outstanding leave pay up to the termination date.
Mr Kalawe was appointed CEO in June 2013 following the public enterprise minister’s challenge to the SAA board of directors to continue to focus on improving SAA’s governance.
Suspended SAA CEO resigns
Suspended South African Airways (SAA) CEO Monwabisi Kalawe has resigned.
SAA spokesman Tlali Tlali said in a statement on Friday the airline and Mr Kalawe had agreed that he would step down from his position as CEO as well as a director of SAA.
Mr Tlali said Mr Kalawe’s resignation meant that the disciplinary proceedings against him would become unnecessary.
Mr Kalawe failed in his bid to stop his disciplinary hearing and to overturn his suspension in the Johannesburg Labour Court last Friday.
He filed an urgent interdict at the Labour Court just before the Easter long weekend to have the disciplinary inquiry against him stopped and his suspension lifted.
Over the past six years four CEOs and one acting CEO have left the airline.
Judgment on Mr Kalawe’s application before an independent arbitrator‚ Nazeer Cassim SC‚ to have his disciplinary hearing halted and his suspension lifted‚ was reserved last Friday‚ but instead Mr Kalawe’s contract has been terminated.
Mr Kalawe had initially filed the application at the Labour Court but withdrew it‚ opting for it to be heard before Mr Cassim.
In his founding affidavit filed to the Labour Court‚ Mr Kalawe argued that SAA was now accusing him of procuring false overseas bank statements to dig up dirt on SAA board chairman Dudu Myeni‚ and sending the documents to private investigator Paul O’Sullivan‚ knowing that he would make them public.
Mr Kalawe denied this in court documents and claimed to have made the disclosures in the interests of the national carrier.
“During the arbitration proceedings both parties agreed that the employment relationship between Mr Kalawe and SAA had irretrievably broken down and that Mr. Kalawe would not seek to continue employment at SAA‚” Mr Tlali said.
Mr Kalawe would receive a payment from SAA in lieu of his contractual three months’ notice and outstanding leave pay up to the termination date.
Mr Kalawe was appointed CEO in June 2013 following the public enterprise minister’s challenge to the SAA board of directors to continue to focus on improving SAA’s governance.
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