Mango sale in jeopardy as minister postpones decision; provisional liquidator plans legal action

The administrator of Mango Airlines is planning legal action against the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, to compel him to decide on the application to sell the airline. South African Airways (SAA), Mango Airline’s parent company, has wanted to sell the airlines for over two years now, with little success. After entering voluntary business rescue in July 2021, Sipho Sono, a senior Business Rescue Practitioner (BRP), was appointed as Mango’s provisional liquidator to find investors. In 2021, SAA applied to the Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, to sell the budget carrier. Due to unresolved queries and deadline extensions,