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Numsa asks Scopa to get SAA to table audited financial statements
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa says it will write to the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa)…
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SAA Technical employees still not paid full salaries
The South African Airways (SAA) Technical stuffers are still not paid their full salaries up to date. Last week the…
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Former SAA CEO Vuyani Jarana pays R100,000 bet after SAA failed
Former South African Airways (SAA) CEO Vuyani Jarana has lost a 2018 bet that his turnaround plan will make the…
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SAA has received R7.8 billion for implementation of business rescue plan, Scopa told
South African Airways (SAA) had received and used most of the 10.5-billion-rand bailout it received last year. The funds were…
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SAA business rescue expected to be completed by end of March
The South African Airways (SAA) business rescue process is expected to be completed at the end of March. The national…
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AfriForum prepares to buy and distribute vaccines privately
AfriForum has confirmed it has had discussions with stakeholders to privately secure Covid-19 vaccines after the government apparently conceded the…
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VIDEO: Former SA president Jacob Zuma receives food parcels from Dudu Myeni
Former president Jacob Zuma has received food parcels from former SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni. Zuma has been hosting people at…
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SAA flight departs for Belgium to collect SA’s vaccine
An SAA flight departed for Brussels, Belgium, to collect South Africa’s next batch of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.…
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No more tax funding for new SAA in latest budget
South Africa resisted adding yet more billions of rand to its ongoing bailout of the country’s bankrupt national airline, sticking…
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We have been thrown to the dogs: SAA workers
Many South African Airways (SAA) employees have not received salaries for almost a year as unions continue to push for…
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SAA business rescue plan doomed to fail – OUTA
The business rescue plan meant to save South African Airways is unrealistic and doomed to fail. This is according to…
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Public Enterprises Dept: SA Express on the verge of being sold to private buyer
The Department of Public Enterprises on Wednesday said SA Express was on the verge of being sold to a private…
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Unions drag SAA to court over salaries
The Labour Court yesterday heard an application by unions to force SAA to treat its employees equally and pay those…
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Court rules against SAA pilots attempt to declare lock-out unlawful
The Labour Court has dismissed SAA pilots‘ attempt to declare a lockout at the airline unlawful. Business rescue practitioners ‘locked-out’,…
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SAA and SAAPA negotiations deadlocked
The SAA Pilots Association says the airline’s business rescue practitioners are conducting a smear campaign against pilots. It says they…
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South African Airways Pilots given 48-hour lock-out notice
SAA Business Rescue Practitioners have given 383 pilots a lock-out notice until Friday. This means, from Friday at 12pm, those…
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McKinsey to pay back about R650m it scored from SAA and Transnet contracts
McKinsey & Co, which already paid back about R1 billion it had been paid for work it did at Eskom…
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Government seeks R6 billion for stake in SAA
South Africa is looking to raise about $400 million from the sale of a stake in its bankrupt national airline,…
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WC legislature’s budget committee wants SAA bailout explained
The Western Cape legislature’s budget committee adopted a resolution to invite Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and his department to…
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Raymond loses patience at state capture inquiry
Former SAA board member Yakhe Kwinana is once again giving the state capture inquiry a tough time on Tuesday. Inquiry…
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#StateCaptureInquiry continues with SAA-related testimony
The State Capture Inquiry will continue hearing testimony from former SAA board member, Yakhe Kwinana. Monday was a tough day…
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#Statecaptureinquiry hears more SAA-related testimony
The Zondo Commission of inquiry will on Monday, hear more aviation-related testimony. Former SAA board member and SAA Technical chairperson,…
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Outa calls for South African Airways boycott
There has been mixed reaction to the allocation of another R10.5-billion to the troubled airline. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse…
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Opposition tells Minister Mboweni no to bailouts and more taxes
No to raising taxes and no to another bailout for SAA. Opposition parties say they want the Finance Minister to…
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SAA staff picket amid scramble to find funds to keep the airline afloat
The government gave a broad assurance on Friday to the creditors of South African Airways that it would provide the…
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Government vows to give funding to SAA
Government has assured SAA rescue practitioners that it will provide the necessary funding to the state-owned airline. In a statement,…
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Numsa to march to SAA offices
Numsa and the South African Cabin Crew Association are planning to march to the SAA offices in Kempton Park on…
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SAA set to relaunch in January 2021
SAA is set to relaunch in January 2021, according to a report from the Sunday Times. The report stated that…
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SAA rescue plan finally approved
The business rescue plan for SAA has finally been approved after all conditions on which it rested were met on…
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R10 billion needed to keep SAA in the sky
Government has to come up with billions required to fund SAA’s business rescue plan after the airline’s creditors voted in…
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Philip Saunders appointed as the interim CEO of SAA
Philip Saunders has been appointed as the interim CEO of SAA. The Public Enterprises department says it will be announcing…
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Creditors to vote on South African Airways rescue plan
The fate of South African Airways is likely to be decided on Tuesday. A creditors meeting will be held to…
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Five important things happening in South Africa today
Coronavirus: Global Covid-19 infections have hit a total of 11.2 million cases confirmed since the start of the year, with…
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SAA unions to take legal action to prevent the liquidation of the airline
The two biggest unions at SAA will take legal action to prevent the liquidation of the airline. The National Union…
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Four unions ready to sign SAA severance packages
Government said that four unions and staff representatives had approached the Public Enterprises Department indicating that they were ready to…
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South African Government withdraws from SAA talks forum
The Public Enterprises Department has withdrawn from the Leadership Consultative Forum. The forum was formed to facilitate talks with SAA…
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Govt & unions working on plans for new SAA
South Africa’s Public Enterprises Department and labour unions are working together on a business model for a new national carrier…
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SAA administrators can appeal retrenchments ruling
Administrators at South African Airways can appeal a Labour Court ruling ordering them to halt a layoff process, the court…
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More millions needed for SAA
SAA’s business rescue practitioners insist that only more funding will keep the airline in the air. The struggling airline is…
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SAA has lost over R10bn since 2018 – Parliament told
The ailing airline continues to bleed vast sums of money despite being in business rescue. SAA financial statements presented before…
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Unions at SAA look for way forward with airline
Unions at SAA say they are now looking to chart a way forward with the airline after securing a victory…
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Judgment reserved in South African Airlines case
Judgment has been reserved in the Labour Court in the case brought by worker unions Numsa and the SA Cabin…
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SAA pilot having sleepless nights over his job
Staff at SAA are concerned about their futures. With the imminent closure of the airline, about 4700 workers, including pilots,…
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Pravin Gordhan – Govt opposed to liquidation of SAA
The government does not want a fire sale of troubled national airline SAA assets nor for the carrier to be…
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SA citizens in Washington DC struggle to get SAA tickets
‘…there were about 50 seats available on that plane. We were about 33 people standing there and weren’t allowed to…
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SAA business rescue practitioners call for retrenchment of workforce
South African Airways business rescue practitioners have sent another letter to unions and creditors, emphasising that the entire workforce needs…
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SAA’s survival in the spotlight
Shutting down beleaguered national airline SAA should be avoided at all costs. That’s according to aviation experts, who say closing…
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SAA business rescue practitioners evaluating impact of government’s refusal to pay further R10bn
The government says it won’t provide additional funding to sustain SAA’s business rescue process, nor for a care and maintenance…
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For the first time, SAA has turned a passenger plane into cargo carrier
In response to the increase in demand for cargo flights to distribute essential goods during the lockdown, SAA has for…
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SAA to provide chartered flights for repatriation abroad
South African Airways has agreed to provide repatriation charter flights to various international destinations. This follows high-level discussions with various…
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