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Johannesburg - Transport Minister, Sbu Ndebele, is to dissolve the board of the independent regulator for South African airports.
The regulator is currently involved in a court battle with the Airports Company of SA (Acsa) regarding Acsa’s tariff increases that the regulator promulgated in March.
On March 31, the regulator announced that Acsa was permitted a 40.7% tariff increase this year. Acsa had initially requested a 132.9% hike.
The department of transport is Acsa’s shareholder and the latest twist comes after the department had already said it would not pay the regulator's legal costs in the court case.
The regulator, a part-time body with limited funds, last week requested in the North Gauteng Court a postponement until it is able to obtain funds and new legal representation.
Earlier the state prosecutor, who was to have overseen the regulator's case, withdrew.
The regulator's chairperson, Mohammed Sizwe, said the minister’s plan is a blot on the independence of the regulator.
The International Air Transport Association (Iata), which represents airlines, said the regulator's independence is now under threat.
Last week, Iata sent a letter to Ndebele asking him to support the regulator in the case against Acsa.
- Sake24