Battle over SAA deal info: MPs in tussle with Gordhan advised to keep agreement confidential
Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Public Enterprises has been advised that only one of the documents on the sale of 51% of SAA to Takatso should remain confidential, while the rest can be publicly aired.
The committee has been in a tussle with Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan since December last year over access to a list of documents, following allegations by the department's former director-general Kgathatso Tlhakudi that Gordhan had rigged the process. In December, Gordhan told the committee that he would not provide any documents unless it was at an in-camera hearing where MPs signed non-disclosure agreements.
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