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News24 reports that Transport Minister Barbara Creecy will be recommending the worst-performing candidate for the chief executive officer job at SA Airways (SAA) after intervention by Deputy President Paul Mashatile and the ANC's deployment committee.
On Wednesday, the Cabinet will consider a memorandum from a sub-committee motivating the appointment of John Lamola to the top job at SAA, despite him scoring the lowest in evaluations out of the three top candidates. The ANC deployment committee, chaired by Mashatile, had given Lamola's application the nod during a meeting on 26 October. Then months after the SAA board had decided on its preference – the current Kenya Airways CEO Allan Kilavuka – Mashatile and Creecy conducted their own interviews of Kilavuka and Lamola on 15 January 2025. The third candidate – Philip Saunders, who scored the highest in the interviews – was not interviewed that day, and it is not clear if he was ever invited. It is also unclear in what capacity Mashatile would have conducted such interviews. The appointment of the CEO of a state-owned enterprise is solely within the minister's purview. The board must recommend a shortlist with a preference, and the minister can interview any of the candidates. Then, a recommendation is made to the Cabinet for approval before the board can commence the appointment process. Lamola, a professor at the University of Johannesburg, holds a doctorate in theology from Edinburgh University, an MBA in aviation from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the US and is currently the chairperson of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa.
- Read the full original of the extensive report in the above regard by Kyle Cowan at News24 (subscription or trial registration required)
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