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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Cape Town – The SAA deal to sell a 51% stake to an equity partner with government no longer to provide billions in bailouts has been received with mixed reaction from political parties.<\/p>\n

While some parties have raised questions about the deal saying they need more answers from government, others welcomed it.<\/p>\n

This came after Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Friday that Takatso consortium will acquire a 51% stake in SAA with the government to keep the 49% shareholding in the new airline.<\/p>\n

Gordhan said Takatso would inject more than R3 billion into the deal. SAA has been in rescue since since December 2019 and business rescue practitioners ended the process two months ago.<\/p>\n

While the ANC caucus in Parliament and the IFP welcomed the deal, the DA and UDM said the agreement has left them with more questions than answers.<\/p>\n

ANC chief whip Pemmy Majodina\u2019s office said this was a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n

But opposition parties said there were many question marks on the deal.<\/p>\n

They said one of the sticking points was that due diligence has not been completed by Takatso yet the deal has been struck.<\/p>\n

DA MP Alf Lees said the government needs to come clean on the deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe DA is also deeply concerned by government\u2019s confirmation that the consortium is still to undertake a normal due diligence exercise before the definitive sale and purchase agreement is completed. This is worrying in light of the fact that Minister Gordhan seems confident that the consortium will provide R3bn in capital for the \u2018revitalised\u2019 SAA. Clarity is needed as to what will happen should the consortium not go through with the purchase of the majority-shareholding in SAA,\u201d said Lees.<\/p>\n

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa said there were concerns around the company involved in the deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the last glance the portfolio committee on public enterprises and the standing committee on public accounts had been dealing with SAA\u2019s business rescue and now we hear that a majority stake has been sold, without any details of who Takatso consortium\u2019s competitors were, how the deal was structured nor how it was financed.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow much is this 51% in SAA worth? How can a R3bn injection now suddenly be enough to save SAA from certain death while government has been pumping billions and billions of rand into this entity for years? Something is stinking to high heaven with this whole situation,\u201d said Holomisa.<\/p>\n

IFP deputy president Mzamo Buthelezi said they welcomed the announcement by the minister, but they want government to make public all the contracts signed with the consortium that got the majority stake.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is certainly a step in the right direction for the ailing national flag carrier. We are pleased that our calls have finally been heard by government in taking this bold step to sell off SAA. Indeed, this would bolster private and foreign investor confidence and shows that our country is serious in acting to address failing state-owned entities. The IFP, however, would like greater transparency as regards the Takatso black consortium and we urge government to make all contracts open to the public for scrutiny,\u201d said Buthelezi.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – South-Africa. Cape Town – The SAA deal to sell a 51% stake to an equity partner with government no longer to provide billions in bailouts has been received with mixed reaction from political parties. While some parties have raised questions about the deal saying they need more answers from government, others welcomed it. 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