The Black Business Council said on Wednesday that it would seek an urgent meeting with the board of South African Airways and Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan over the appointment of Nico Bezuidenhout as CEO of Mango Airline.
Bezuidenhout had on the same day announced that he would step down as CEO of Africa’s low-cost carrier Fastjet in September after just three years at the helm. In 2014, Bezuidenhout was thrust into controversy after SAA overstated his qualifications in its 2011 and 2012 annual reports by claiming that he had a BCom in transport economics and industrial psychology as well as an MBA, when he had none.
Sandile Zungu, BBC president, said his organisation has expressed its serious disquiet about Bezuidenhout’s re-appointment as he was at the centre of the misrepresentation of his qualifications during his previous stint as CEO of Mango Airlines.