Embattled national carrier, South African Airways (SAA) has dug deep into its purse in a means to address a “severe” skills shortage. As the Mail & Guardian reports, the airline has splurged millions appointing executives and commissioning foreign consulting firm, shortly after it received its latest bailout amounting to R5 million. According to the publication,..
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Cash-strapped SAA go on spending spree to address skills shortage
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State official went on a luxurious spending spree with taxpayer’s money
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A senior government official is being investigated for allegedly splashing thousands of rands of taxpayer’s money on a car for his girlfriend and furniture for her house during a two-year spending spree.
Between 2014 and 2016, July Maphosa, a director at the sustainable livelihoods programme of the Gauteng department of social development, which is meant to support needy families, also allegedly instructed a service provider to transfer funds to buy a luxurious car for a friend.