Thread by @HeidiGiokos

Former #SAA board Chair Dudu Myeni wants the interim enforcement order against her removed, pending the outcome of any appeal against the main order. Myeni was declared a delinquent director for life last year by the Pretoria High Court. She is appealing the order.

On 22 December 2020, Judge Tolmay dismissed Myeni’s application for leave to appeal against the delinquency order itself which was handed down in May 2020. Myeni is arguing that she is no longer a director on the board of any SOE including the Mangaung electricity entity Centlec.

Myeni argues that her source of income will be removed if she is removed from the boards of other companies while her main appeal is underway. As it stands she is director of the Jacob Zuma Foundation. Enforcement order doesn’t allow her to do so, even though it’s not an SOE.

Myeni is also trying to appeal the main delinquency judgment through the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). For now Dali Mpofu SC is arguing it can’t be a double punishment for Myeni. She’s appealing the main order & therefore therefore the enforcement order should not be allowed.

OUTA/SAAPA says Myeni’s prospects have gone from bad to worse. Both parties says her failure to file the petition on time means that she will face an uphill battle convincing the SCA to grant her leave to appeal her delinquency order.

Dali Mpofu SC for #DuduMyeni says there’s simply no evidence of anything the appelant has doen that has anything to do with the damage to our economy. This forms part of the basis of the “extremely urgent” application to stop the enforcement order. #SAA

Adv Dali Mpofu argues before a full bench at the Pretoria High Court that just because #Myeni was declared a delinquent director at SAA doesn’t means she isn’t good to be a director for Centlec which another SOE that Myeni hold directorship of (she claims not anymore) #SAA

OUTA/SAAPA legal team argues against the interim order to not allow for the enforcement order. Adv Steinberg says Dudu Myeni is not a person who can be trusted with public money or with shareholders' money in the case of a private institution. #SAA #DuduMyeni

Adv Steinberg says the point of a delinquent director order is not to punish Myeni. She says purpose of order is to protect the public. She adds if Myeni is allowed to carry on being a director, there is nothing stopping her from being appointed to Eskom or continuing at Centlec.

Adv Dali Mpofu for Myeni responds to the possibility of Myeni being appointed to other boards like Eskom by saying “I mean really”
He says they should interdict it should it happen. #SAA #DuduMyeni