South African Airways spent R21 million (€1.5m) on 16 investigations centred on allegations of fraud and corruption within the airline but has not taken any action against those identified by the investigations, a reply to a DA parliamentary question has revealed.

Dudu Myeni, Chair of the SAA board, presided over the investigations, said Alf Lees, Shadow Minister of Finance in a statement on Tuesday. Lees added that there was no information that any person employed by or associated with SAA had, as a result of the investigations, been criminally charged or even disciplined within SAA and fired.

Lees has requested that National Treasury provide him with copies of all these investigations. SAA did not respond to request for comment at the time of publication.

Myeni is also facing legal action from the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa), a South African non-profit Civil Action Organisation and the SAA Pilots Association, in a bid to have her declared a ‘delinquent director’.

Outa told Tourism Update that should Myeni be declared a ‘delinquent director’ she would not be able to serve on the board of any organisation or company for at least seven years.

“This claim comes about as a result of conduct by Ms Myeni in her position as the chairperson of South African Airways, which we believe to be in contravention of her fiduciary duties,” said Outa.

SAA said it knew no more on the situation than what was being reported in the media. “Nothing substantive has been made available to enable us to appreciate the basis of the move and the decision on their part. Once this becomes clearer, we will consider our options.”