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Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille lashes out at ACSA after fuel glitch at OR Tambo
Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille lashes out at ACSA after fuel glitch at OR Tambo! Minister of Tourism Patricia de…
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NUMSA slams Pravin Gordhan for refusing to hand over documents related to SAA sale
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) has slammed Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan for his refusal to hand…
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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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Takatso declares commitment to SAA deal
The Takatso Consortium says it’s still committed to acquiring a 51 percent stake in South African Airways. The consortium says…
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Unions claim SAA is firing over 200 employees
South African Airways unions say the airline is firing 200 staff members. Over 200 staff members will reportedly be let…
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State capture report details Dudu Myeni’s abuse of SSA resources
President Cyril Ramaphosa will have to give a detailed implementation plan on how he’ll protect the State Security Agency from…
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This is what you need to know when you buy a ticket on South African Airways
South African Airways (SAA) refunds department for a cancelled flight, and the results showed that it remained dysfunctional. SAA promised…
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South African Airways management salaries revealed
South African Airways (SAA) has dismissed allegations that it has a bloated management team that costs R300 million per year.…
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South African Airways promises refunds and improved service levels
South African Airways (SAA) says it has committed additional resources to accelerate refunds and bring quicker resolution to customer queries.…
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SAA workers threaten to go on strike
South African Airways (SAA) employees are threatening to go on a full-blown strike if their demands are not met. The…
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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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All you need to know before booking a flight with SAA
South African Airways (SAA) took to the skies again on 23 September 2021, promising first-class customer service and reviving the…
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South African Airways to resume flights on Thursday
South African Airways will resume flights on Thursday, after being grounded for over a year due to business rescue. SAA…
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South African Airways needs new planes
South African Airways will need a more modern fleet to be competitive on routes outside its home continent following the…
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New South African Airways to resume flights next month
State-owned airline company South African Airways (SAA) has announced it will resume flights on 23 September 2021. The wait is…
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South African Airways seals deal with pilots
A deal between South African Airways and the SAA Pilots Association (SAAPA) has finally been sealed. This follows the in-principle…
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Mango helps return over 170 passengers affected by Zanzibar flights suspension
Low-cost airline mango said it had managed to expatriate over 170 passengers from Zanzibar. This after the carrier announced a…
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South African Airways pilots threaten to go on strike
South African Airways (SAA) pilots say they have no option but to strike. Pilots belonging to the SAA Pilot Association…
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SAA stopped from fetching COVID-19 vaccines
South African Airways (SAA) was unable to fly to Brussels on Sunday to fetch the first batch of the Johnson…
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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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SAA reaches salary agreement with some employees
South African Airways has reached an agreement with four unions, and non-unionised members to pay three months of deferred salaries.…
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SAA interim board members appointed
Six non-executive directors have been appointed to the interim board of South African Airways. In a statement, the Public Enterprises…
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David Mabuza to answer questions on SAA bailout and land reform in National Assembly
The government’s decision to cut service delivery funds to bail out South African Airways will be one of the questions…
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Private sector is definitely interested in SAA – Minister Pravin Gordhan
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday maintained that there was credible interest from the private sector in South African…
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SAA gets R10.5-billion government bailout
The government on Wednesday announced the release of R10.5-billion needed to fund a plan to rescue struggling, state-owned South African…
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SAA to suspend all repatriation flights with immediate effect
South African Airways Business Rescue Practitioners have decided to suspend all of the airline’s repatriation flights with immediate effect. This…
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South African Airways hit by another strike
South African Airways has been hit by yet another strike. This time technical staff have downed tools at the national…
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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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Ethiopian Airlines in rescue talks with South African Airways
Ethiopian Airlines is in talks over possible involvement in the rescue of flagship carrier South African Airways (SAA), the head…
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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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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 Airways may take off again
SAA may fly again, but its new wings will cost around R10-billion. This number does not include its debt of…
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SAA’s rescue plan delayed again
Creditors of South African Airways (SAA) on Monday approved another delay in the publication of a rescue plan after the…
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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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Trade unions demand court action over job cuts at SAA
Two trade unions are seeking court action to try to block layoffs at the embattled state-owned South African Airways (SAA),…
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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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South African Airways employees are being offered a severance packages
South African Airways (SAA) has issued unions with a proposal to terminate employment contracts after the government closed the taps…
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COVID-19: SAA to bring South Africans stuck abroad home
Many South Africans stuck abroad are desperate to get back home. South African Airways is undertaking repatriation flights to reunite…
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SAA crew to be quarantined following repatriation duties to high risk countries
South African Airways was on Friday to start an operation to charter flights for various governments to repatriate foreign nationals…
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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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SAA rescue plan deadline extended to 29 May
Creditors of cash-strapped South African Airways (SAA) have authorised an extension of the deadline for the airline’s business rescue plan…
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We are adhering to WHO safety protocols on Coronavirus – SAA
South African Airways said on Thursday its operational health and safety procedures were in line with the World Health Organisation’s…
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Myeni deserves minimum seven years imprisonment – Outa & Saapa
Former South African Airways Dudu Myeni deserves a minimum of over seven-years of imprisonment. This was the argument made by…
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SAA to get R16bn bailout
Cash-strapped South African Airways will receive another bailout. SAA will receive R16.4-billion. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced during his budget…
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SAA will not be cancelling any routes says Acting CCO
South African Airways (SAA) has given some direction for the way forward after battling to keep its planes in the…
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Labour unions not consulted on SAA flight cancellations
As South African Airways prepares to cancel domestic routes at the end of the month, President Cyril Ramaphosa says he’s…
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President Ramaphosa slams SAA domestic routes cuts
SAA ‘enables people to move around the country and we would like SAA to remain a robust and successful airline’,…
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#StatecaptureInquiry continues to hear aviation-related evidence
The state capture inquiry continues to hear aviation-related testimony on Thursday. Acting head of Supply Chain Management at the South…
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Cash-strapped SAA cancels nearly 100 flights to reduce costs
South African Airways (SAA) has announced plans to scrap close to one hundred domestic and international flights this month to…
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