{"id":42622,"date":"2026-08-14T19:13:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42622"},"modified":"2026-08-14T19:13:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T17:13:48","slug":"saa-places-acting-ceo-on-special-leave","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/saa-places-acting-ceo-on-special-leave\/","title":{"rendered":"SAA places Acting CEO on special leave \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The board of South African Airways (SAA) has placed Acting Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Matshela Seshibe, on special leave with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seshibe has been at the helm of the national carrier for just four months, following the departure of former CEO, Professor John Lamola.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement released earlier this Friday, SAA confirmed that Seshibe will remain on special leave pending the outcome of an internal process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Before taking up the top post at SAA, Seshibe served as the CEO of the airline\u2019s catering subsidiary, Air Chefs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>His initial appointment was marred by controversy surrounding his past executive role at Daybreak Farms, where he faced allegations of governance failures.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SAA\u2019s Chief Legal Officer, Koekie Mbeki, has now been appointed as Acting Group Chief Executive Officer to ensure leadership continuity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42623,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-42622","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Special leave for SAA's Acting CEO Matshela Seshibe","published_date":"2026-08-14 19:08:04","news_description":"Special leave for SAA's Acting CEO Matshela Seshibe","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42624,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42622\/revisions\/42624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=42622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}