{"id":45968,"date":"2026-09-20T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T10:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45968"},"modified":"2026-09-20T12:15:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T10:15:40","slug":"tribunal-sets-aside-5-2-mln-saa-lease-deal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tribunal-sets-aside-5-2-mln-saa-lease-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal sets aside $5.2 mln SAA lease deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Special Tribunal has set aside a 2019 extension of the South African Airways (SAA) dry-lease agreement with Flyfofa Airways for a Boeing 737- 300 freighter.<\/p>\n<p>The tribunal found that the agreement was concluded without the required competitive procurement process and without National Treasury approval.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement valued at approximately R85 million ($5 224 million) was concluded before SAA went into business rescue.<\/p>\n<p>SAA has welcomed the tribunal\u2019s ruling and says it is a clear affirmation that lawful procurement of public resources is not optional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSAA welcomes the special tribunal ruling, setting aside a 2019 extension of an aircraft lease agreement with Flyfoffa Airways for a Boeing 737-300 freighter,\u201d says SAA Group Corporate Affairs Executive, Mphilo Dlamini.<\/p>\n<p>Dlamini says the matter concerns a historical decision before SAA went into business rescue, valued at about R85 million ($5 224 million), which the tribunal found that it was concluded without the required competitive procurement processes and without the approval of National Treasury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32510,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[],"class_list":["post-45968","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The tribunal found that the agreement was concluded without the required competitive procurement process.","published_date":"","news_description":"The tribunal found that the agreement was concluded without the required competitive procurement process.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45968","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\/45968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45969,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45968\/revisions\/45969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}