The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) and the SAA Pilots' Association (Saapa) are asking the Gauteng High Court (Pretoria) for an order that its ruling in May, declaring Dudu Myeni as a delinquent director, be enforced despite the former SAA board chair's appeal.

The application asks that the order of delinquency is not suspended by any application by her for leave to appeal or any other appeals and until final determination of all appeals.

Myeni is opposing the application, notes News24.

‘The evidence led at the trial, which was, by and large, uncontested, shows the damage that Ms Myeni did to SAA and the knock-on effects for the SA economy. SAA never recovered,’ Advocate Stefanie Fick, director of Outa's accountability division, states in an affidavit supporting the application.

‘The investing public, taxpayers, and ordinary citizens need reassurance that 'rogue' and 'reckless' directors do not get away with it. There will be no reassurance if Ms Myeni is allowed to keep her cushy directorships for the years of appeals that lie ahead despite the damage she did at SAA and to the country.’

Fick argues that the court should not allow Myeni to similarly damage another state-owned or private company.

‘This is one of those exceptional cases that justifies enforcement. The damage that Myeni did to SAA and the South African economy is far too great to risk again. Her delinquency should operate immediately,’ states Fick.

According to Outa and Saapa, at the time of the order, Myeni was still a director of four entities, including the Mangaung metro's Centlec electricity utility and the Jacob Zuma Foundation.

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