SA Express heads to court to start corruption rot clean-up

While business rescue practitioners mull the future of ailing state-owned airline SA Express, the carrier is forging ahead with a Supreme Court of Appeal bid to have a “dubious” R5m contract declared invalid.

Scopa wants to be briefed by the liquidators and business rescue practitioners of SA Express.
Scopa wants to be briefed by the liquidators and business rescue practitioners of SA Express. (GALLO IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES/BRIAN BAHR)

While business rescue practitioners mull the future of ailing state-owned airline SA Express, the carrier is forging ahead with a Supreme Court of Appeal bid to have a “dubious” R5m contract declared invalid.

The court challenge forms part of a clean-up operation introduced by the new board to “repair the devastating after-effects of corruption on this once well-run airline”.

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