Loss-making SAA hires Vodacom exec Vuyani Jarana as new CEO
Treasury confirmed the appointment of Vodacom Group executive Vuyani Jarana as the first permanent CEO of the state-owned carrier since November 2015.
Treasury confirmed the appointment of Vodacom Group executive Vuyani Jarana as the first permanent CEO of the state-owned carrier since November 2015.
SAA has identified the Vodacom executive as a leading candidate to become the struggling state-owned carrier’s chief executive officer.
SAA completed a flight using jet fuel made from a tobacco plant, its first contribution to the global push to power more air journeys from renewable resources.
SAA has suspended Treasurer Cynthia Stimpel pending an investigation into a misconduct charge, the latest in a wave of disciplinary proceedings at the state carrier.
Airbus is willing to proceed with a government-approved deal to lease five A330 wide-body planes to SAA, even after the state-owned carrier’s chairwoman sought to renegotiate the deal in defiance of the country’s National Treasury.
South African Airways appointed Musa Zwane as the state-owned carrier’s seventh acting or permanent chief executive officer in less than four years.