Dudu Myeni

Former South African Airways chair Dudu Myeni made her first appearance in the dock of the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.

Solidarity said it would file charges of corruption, theft, fraud and mismanagement of state funds against the accused at the Brooklyn police station in Pretoria on Tuesday. In November 2020, Myeni revealed what she claimed was the identity of a protected witness – “ Mr X” – live on camera, while testifying before the State Capture Commission of Inquiry. Former South African Airways chair Dudu Myeni made her first appearance in the dock of the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, on charges of defeating the administration of justice.

The State alleges Myeni is guilty of the crime of defeating or obstructing the administration of justice, read with Section 256 of the Criminal Procedure ...

The State says on 5 November 2020, near Johannesburg in the regional division of Gauteng, Myeni did unlawfully and intentionally disclose the name and/or identity of a witness whose name the Chairperson of the Commission had ordered should not be disclosed or published and that the witness was to be referred to as Mr X during his evidence to the Commission and after his evidence insofar as the Commission was concerned. The State alleges that on November 5, 2020, near Johannesburg in the regional division of Gauteng, Myeni did, unlawfully and with the intent to defeat or obstruct the administration of justice, at the hearing of the Commission, disclose the identity and/or name of a witness that the Chairperson (Justice Raymond Zondo) had ordered should not be disclosed or published and that the witness was to be referred to as Mr X during his evidence to the Commission and after his evidence insofar as the Commission was concerned, which act defeated or obstructed the administration of justice. In an alternative charge, the State alleges that Myeni is guilty of the crime of contravening the provisions of Regulations 9 and 12 of the Regulations of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector, including organs of State, published in the government gazette on 9 February 2018.

Former SAA chair Dudu Myeni appeared in the Johannesburg magistrate's court on Tuesday to face charges including defeating the administration of justice.

Zondo was unconvinced by the explanation and instructed lawyers to forge ahead with opening a criminal case. Myeni briefly took the stand before her case was postponed to May 4 to allow the state to consider representations submitted by the defence. Myeni briefly took the stand before her case was postponed to May 4 to allow the state to consider representations submitted by the defence

The case against Dudu Myeni, the former chairperson of national carrier SAA, has been postponed to May 4 to allow the state to study.

Myeni went on to mention the identity of the witness and, when confronted, she claimed that she did so unintentionally. Commission chairperson and the recently appointed Chief Justice Raymond Zondo had ordered prior to the proceedings that the naming of the key state witness be withheld for his safety. Myeni’s case emanates from her testimony at the Zondo Commission of Inquiry into the Allegations of State Capture, where she named a state witness on camera whose identity had been concealed.