Rival airline asks tribunal to block South African tycoon Tshepo Mahloele's FlySafair takeover

Billionaires Africa | 23.08.2026 13:16
A rival airline has asked South Africa's Competition Tribunal to prohibit Tshepo Mahloele's Harith Aviation's purchase of FlySafair, the country's largest domestic carrier, arguing that the state pension fund sits on both sides of the transaction and would leave competitors unable to match the terms available to the merged group.