Question NW3633 to the Minister of Finance
16 October 2015 - NW3633
Groenewald, Dr PJ to ask the Minister of Finance
(1)How many (a) flight stewards and stewardesses and (b) pilots of the SA Airways (SAA) have been arrested abroad (i) in (aa) 2011, (bb) 2012, (cc) 2013 and (dd) 2014 and (ii) since January 2015; (2) (a) in which countries were the specified (i) flight stewards and stewardesses and (ii) pilots arrested in each specified year, (b) of what crimes were they (i) convicted and (ii) acquitted and (c) which cases have not yet been finalised; (3) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
- (a) (i) (aa) 1
(bb) 1
(cc) 0
(dd) 0
(b) (i) (aa) 0
(bb) 0
(cc) 0
(dd) 0
(ii) 0
2. (a) (i) Sao Paulo, South America
(ii) N/A
(b) Possession
(i) 8 years imprisonment
(ii) None
(c) None
3. No, this is an operational matter of the company that management and the board can deal with.