ACSA CEO worried about 'personal attacks' directed at her after flight delays at airports

JOHANNESBURG - The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) CEO, Mpumi Mpofu, has expressed concern over what she’s termed "personal attacks" directed at her following flight delays at airports.

In recent weeks, flights at OR Tambo International Airport were delayed due to various technical issues.

The first involved a failure in jet fuel pumping, while the second was related to a malfunction of biometric systems.

ALSO READ: More than 380,000 expected to travel by air between 19 Dec and Christmas Eve, says ACSA

Mpofu says the unforeseen incidents have resulted in staff facing personal attacks.

"We really think it's unfortunate because we think we play our part. At no point do we believe that social media can denigrate themselves by getting into chauvinistic language, misogynistic language and sexism.

"It’s really just unbecoming in a country where we have democracy, and where we fought for gender equality. It really is unwarranted that we can be addressed as such, as people who are given the responsibility of running this airport."