Dudu Myeni ‘innocently made a mistake’, tribunal told

SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni. Picture Credit: Gallo Images
SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni. Picture Credit: Gallo Images

A lawyer for South African Airways (SAA) chairwoman Dudu Myeni, who stood accused of misrepresenting a board decision about the purchase of 10 aircraft from Airbus in 2013, said on Monday she had "innocently made a mistake" in communications with then public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba.

Myeni was asked to explain herself by the Companies and Intellectual Properties Commission (CIPC) in November 2016 and was issued with a compliance notice. The minutes of a May 2013 board meeting and the related board resolution concerning the transaction were requested in the notice.

Companies tribunal hearing on SAA to be public

While Myeni complied with the compliance notice, she now wants it overturned to expunge it from her record as a director.

Myeni’s lawyer Francois van Zyl appeared before the Companies Tribunal in Pretoria on Monday to argue her case.

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