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SAA working on contingency plans to deal with strike’s impact
South African Airways (SAA) is preparing for disruptions as its pilots threaten to strike over wage increases and working conditions.…
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SAA pilots to protest outside company’s Airways Park offices over salary increases
SAA pilots to protest outside company’s Airways Park offices over salary increases! South African Airways (SAA) pilots are set to…
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RIP: Ex-SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni laid to rest
Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni is being laid to rest in Port Shepstone in Kwazulu-Natal on Saturday. Myeni died…
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NUMSA welcomes referral of failed SAA-Takatso deal to Police Ministry
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has welcomed the referral of the failed deal between South African…
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Dudu Myeni’s corruption case postponed due to her hospitalisation
The Richards Bay Magistrates’ Court has postponed the corruption case against Dudu Myeni to 10 May 2024, for it to…
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Ex-Public Enterprises DG denies selected Takatso Consortium as the preferred partner to buy SAA
Parliament said on Friday that National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa Nqakula has received a letter from former Public Enterprises Director-General…
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Pravin Gordhan accuses parliamentary committee of reneging on its decision to hold meeting in camera
The spat between Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and the portfolio committee has escalated after his department accused the committee…
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SAA finally submits outstanding financial statements dating back 4 years
South African Airways (SAA) has finally submitted its outstanding annual financial statements to Parliament. But the Auditor General (AG) has…
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Godongwana: No new cash bailouts of struggling & underperforming SOEs
As in previous years, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana looks set to continue his tough love approach towards state-owned enterprises (SOEs)…
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Pravin Gordhan under fire for withholding information on SAA deal
Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan has come under fire from parliamentarians for withholding documents related to the SAA deal…
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Eskom & SAA miss deadline to submit financial statements in Parliament
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has asked the Speaker to grant an extension to Eskom, Denel, and SAA to submit…
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Ex-SAA chair Dudu Myeni gets R10 000 bail after arrest for Bosasa dealings
Former SAA board chair Dudu Myeni and former Sondolo IT director Trevor Mathenjwa have been granted R10 000 bail each…
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SIU: Officials involved in state capture resigning before probes a problem
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) said that holding those complicit in state capture accountable had been hampered by officials resigning…
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Presidency speaks on Poland’s barring of Ramaphosa’s security & weapons
The Presidency says the debacle involving presidential security officers and their weapons in Poland almost two weeks ago has not…
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Competition Commission asked to justify SAA-Takatso merger recommendation
The Competition Commission has had to justify its recommendation on the South African Airways (SAA) Takatso Consortium merger. Last month,…
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Calls for new SAA board to be put on ice and investigation into Takatso deal
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called for the newly-appointed board of the South African Airways (SAA) to be put…
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Numsa: Appointment of new SAA interim board raises questions
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said the appointment of a new South African Airways (SAA) interim…
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Black Sash on 2023 budget: Government can do more
The finance minister’s budget is not doing anyone any favours according to the advocacy group Black Sash. The group says…
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Minister Pravin Gordhan’s master plan to sell SOEs
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan allegedly has a well-orchestrated plan to frustrate and elbow out top government executives and officials…
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Application to stop SAA sale dismissed
Judge Nathan Erasmus dismisses Toto Investment’s legal bid to halt the sale of South African Airways (SAA). Toto Investments wanted…
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Update: Dudu Myeni ordered to pay R120 000 fine after pleading guilty to defeating the ends of justice
Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni has been ordered to pay a fine of R120 000 after pleading guilty to…
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EFF threatens legal action over SAA sale to Takatso Consortium
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has threatened legal action against the government over the sale of the South African Airways…
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Public Enterprises Committee: SAA deal still to be finalised
It’s been almost a year since the government announced it would give up its majority ownership of SAA, but the…
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Scopa calls for answers on 51% stake sale of SAA
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has promised to deal with the sale of SAA’s 51% after the National…
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SONA 2022: No mention of SOE bailouts in Cyril Ramaphosa’s address
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday night made no mention of any bailouts of struggling state-owned entities. Unlike in previous addresses,…
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Second State capture report to be handed to Ramaphosa
It’s all eyes on the Presidency again as South Africans wait to read the findings of the state capture commission’s…
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Banks and auditors implicated in state capture
Nedbank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Bain& Co are some of the companies that have been named in the state capture inquiry report.…
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Yakhe Kwinana welcomes investigations amid damning state capture report findings
Former South African Airways (SAA) board member and Technical board chair Yakhe Kwinana says she welcomes any investigations of her…
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Will Dudu Myeni be arrested following State capture report?
Four years later and over 800 pages of part one of the state capture report highlights serious inefficiencies in the…
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Cyril Ramaphosa: I will step aside if implicated in State Capture
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will step aside if he’s implicated in the State Capture inquiry report. He was speaking…
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Auditor-General says irregular expenditure rises to over R166bn
Irregular expenditure has risen to over R166-billion. That’s an increase of R57-billion since last year. Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke says this…
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SAA to collect citizens stranded in Mauritius
SAA will send a flight to get South African citizens stranded in Mauritius. It comes after that country imposed a…
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Sacca calls for release of funds
The South African Cabin Crew Association is calling on the Public Enterprise’s Department to release funds to the embattled Mango…
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SAA board signs Mango’s death sentence
Frail budget airline Mango will not resume operations in December this year as outlined in its business rescue plan, if…
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South African Airways is already facing a backlash
Less than three weeks after taking to the skies again, South African Airways (SAA) is already facing a backlash from…
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SAA CEO says its routes will be lucrative: We have done our homework
SAA’s interim CEO Thomas Kgolo said that the airline had chosen to resume flights on financially lucrative routes. SAA was…
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Public Enterprises department didn’t want to save Mango
Mango’s story has become a tale of forked tongues and manoeuvring at the expense of 749 unpaid staff members. In…
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SAA hoping to pay its creditors R26bn by 2023
Troubled national carrier SA Airways will start repaying the almost R26 billion it owes to its creditors next month. The…
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Zondo says commission has not overspent, it just spent just under R1 billion
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has disputed claims that the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture has overspent,…
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Malusi Gigaba disputes former SAA CEO’s testimony on meeting with Jet Airways
Former Minister Malusi Gigaba said that he couldn’t remember waiting for Indian airline Jet Airways for two hours even though…
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SACP asks government for transparency regarding SAA’s new strategic partnership
The South African Communist Party (SACP) is calling on the government to be more transparent regarding SAA’s new strategic partnership…
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VIDEO: Malema’s 2019 prophecy comes to pass
The leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters Julius Malema is a very misunderstood man in the country. Many people label…
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DA questions SAA privatisation
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has questioned the privatization deal between South African Airways (SAA) and Takatso Consortium. On Friday Public…
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New majority shareholder for SAA
South African Airways (SAA) has found a strategic equity partner. The partner will hold a majority of 51 percent of…
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#JusticeForAubrey: SAA employee Aubrey Boshoga stabbed to death for being ‘gay’ & his body dumped outside his home
SAA has confirmed that one of its cabin crew Aubrey Boshoga has died. Boshoga is understood to have been found…
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Malusi Gigaba denies allegation about Dudu Myeni
Former Public Enterprises Minister, Malusi Gigaba says he did not know that former SAA board chairperson, Dudu Myeni fed information…
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Dudu Myeni given until 7 June to reply to questions she previously refused to answer
Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni has until 7 June to answer in writing all aviation-related questions that she previously…
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Ex-SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni ordered to appear before Zondo by 2pm or else…
Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni has been ordered to appear before the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State…
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3rd COVID-19 wave might stall SAA’s take-off
A cash injection of billions. But will this give SAA wings? The airline says a third COVID-19 wave and an…
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SAA business rescue comes to an end
SAA has been handed back to its board and executives after business rescue practitioners (BRPs) announced on Friday it had…
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