SA Express Board appoints new acting CEO

2 August 2018

The Board of South African Express Airways with concurrence from the Minister of Public Enterprises, Mr Pravin Gordhan, has appointed Ms Siza Mzimela as the new acting CEO of SA Express.

The current acting CEO, Ms Matsietsi Mokholo will be taking up a new position at the Presidency. Ms Mokholo will hand over to Ms Mzimela over the next two weeks.

Ms Mzimela is a former CEO of South African Airways (SAA), with more than 20 years of aviation experience. Until now she has been part of the Ministerial intervention team that was appointed in May to stabilise the airline’s operations, its finances; and to identify options to recapitalise the airline given its immediate short term liquidity problems.

The Board thanks Ms Mokholo for her hard work as part of the intervention team that ensured that the airline is ready to commerce it commercial operations after the Civil Aviation Authority suspended its Air Operators Certificates and its Certificates of Airworthiness in May 2018.

As part of the intervention team, Ms Mzimela is also well-positioned to take over the functions as SA Express CEO on an interim basis.

Issued by Richard Mantu on behalf of Ministry of Public Enterprises and South African Express Airways Board, 2 August 2018