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South Africans anticipate the worst ahead of holiday season
Since the discovery of the new Omicron variant and the growing number of new COVID-19 infections in the country, South…
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Numsa & aviation associations disturbed by decision keeping Mango grounded
The South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca), Mango Pilots Association (MPA), and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa…
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SAA open to dialogue with protesting cabin crew over wage cuts
South African Airways (SAA) is open to dialogue with the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) following a picket at…
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Employees to picket outside SAA HQ over salaries and staff appointments
Some South African Airways (SAA) employees will be picketing on Tuesday at the airline’s national headquarters in Johannesburg just days…
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Mango to offer affected customers vouchers after flights temporarily suspended
South Africa’s low-cost airline Mango said that it would offer customers vouchers to help with alternative travel arrangements with the…
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#FreeJacobZuma campaign gives Ramaphosa 14 days to release him from prison
The Free Jacob Zuma Campaign said that it was giving President Cyril Ramaphosa 14 days to release the former president.…
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PSA calls for urgent meeting to clarify investment in SAA-Takatso deal
The Public Servants Association (PSA) has said should it be found that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has a stake…
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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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Numsa and Sacca accuse DPE of not being transparent over SAA equity partner
There’s been mixed reaction on Friday afternoon to the news that the government had sold a controlling interest in South…
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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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SAA to begin operationg as soon as August, says Pravin Gordhan
A re-born South African Airways (SAA) could take to the skies as soon as August, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan…
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Outa investigating possibility of reckless trading by boards of SAA subsidiaries
South African Airways (SAA) subsidiaries are being drawn into sharp focus, with the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) saying that…
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Mango airline begins operations as SAA exits business rescue
In a week of will they or won’t they survive turbulence, low-cost airline Mango has been given another lease on…
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Mango assures ticketholders its flights will resume on Thursday
Low-cost carrier Mango has reassured ticketholders that it will be operating on Thursday. The cash-strapped airline was forced to ground…
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Norma Mngoma: Guptas knew about Cabinet appointments ahead of time
Norma Mngoma, the estranged wife of former Minister Malusi Gigaba, revealed that the controversial Gupta brothers had information about Cabinet…
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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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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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2nd batch of Johnson and Johnson vaccines arrives in SA – Pictures
The second batch of 80,000 Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid-19 vaccine arrived at the OR Tambo International Airport on Saturday…
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SAA was denied request to fetch Johnson & Johnson vaccine due to lack of safety details
The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) granted South African Airways (SAA) an exemption application after the embattled airline requested…
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Ex-SAA chair Dudu Myeni is officially a delinquent director
Former South African Airways (SAA) chair Dudu Myeni has lost her bid to appeal the finding that declared her a…
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EFF: SA Express sale part of move by Pravin Gordhan to sell state assets to his friends
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) say they are disgusted by the government’s disposal of the South African Express as it…
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Pravin Gordhan: SAA BRPs cannot be law unto themselves
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan on Wednesday said South African Airways (SAA)’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) could not be a…
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Numsa and SACCA head to court over unpaid SAA salaries
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) are heading to…
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Dudu Myeni loses again in delinquency case
The Pretoria High Court has dismissed former South African Airways (SAA) board chair Dudu Myeni’s application for leave to appeal…
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Numsa and SACCA call on Ramaphosa to intervene in SAA salary saga
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South Africa Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) on Thursday called…
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David Mabuza grilled by MPs on Eskom and SAA’s financial woes
Deputy President David Mabuza was on Thursday grilled by MPs on struggling state-owned entities Eskom and the South African Airways…
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Pravin Gordhan hits back at critics of govt plan to bailout SOEs
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has hit back at critics of government plans to bailout struggling state-owned entities like South…
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Former SAA board member Kwinana proud of decision to cancel R85m food tender
Former South African Airways (SAA) board member Yakhe Kwinana said she was proud that she was part of the board…
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SAA staff to citizens – Give us one more chance
South African Airways (SAA) staff are calling on citizens to give the failed airline “one more chance” after the backlash…
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Premier Alan Winde calls on govt to think carefully about SAA bailout
Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has appealed to the national government to “think carefully” about a possible bailout for South…
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Ex-Eskom consultant Nicholas Linell testifies at Zondo Commission
The state capture commission of inquiry is hearing evidence from Eskom consultant Nicholas Linell. Linell deposed an affidavit saying that…
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SAA waiting for funding to pay technical staff
South African Airways (SAA) is waiting for funding so that it can pay technical staff. The workers picketed on Monday,…
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SAA members urged not to sign any voluntary severance packages
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) has urged their…
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Govt in talks with private entities interested in SAA – report
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has reportedly started talks with private entities interested in South African Airways (SAA), which…
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Minister Gordhan assures MPs R70 billion IMF loan won’t fund SAA
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said none of the funds borrowed from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) would be used…
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New airline will only work under competent leadership, says SAA Pilots Association
The South African Airways (SAA) Pilots Association said a restructured airline would only work under competent leadership that’s free from…
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DPE to work on launching new airline as SAA business rescue plan approved
The South African Airways (SAA) business rescue plan (BRP) has been approved by 86% of the vote at Tuesday’s creditors’…
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Public Enterprises Dept pleased as Numsa and Sacca accept SAA deal
The Public Enterprises Department has welcomed the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) and the South African Cabin…
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Vote on SAA’s business rescue plan postponed to July
A vote on a restructuring plan for South African Airways (SAA) on Thursday was delayed until next month after creditors…
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Public enterprises dept calls on creditors to support SAA rescue plan
SAA’s business rescue practitioners are set to meet the creditors on Thursday, to vote on the airline’s rescue plan. The…
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Democratic Alliance calls for immediate release of SAA’s business rescue plan
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Tuesday called on South African Airways’ (SAA) business rescue practitioners (BRPs) to immediately release the…
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Govt has agreed to a R21bn bailout for SAA, says SAA
The party says this is according to a new draft business rescue plan which if approved would see SAA remain…
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Tebatso Naledi’s family upset by false posts that she died of COVID-19
The family of Tebatso Naledi Ntshane is devastated after news spread on social media that she died of Covid-19 related…
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DA urges Minister Mboweni to investigate how SA Express used R1.2 billion in bailouts
The airline was placed under business rescue in February. The Democratic Alliance (DA) called for Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni…
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Labour Court rules in favour of SAA workers against retrenchments
Organised labour has scored a major victory after the Labour Court ruled today that retrenchments cannot proceed at embattled South…
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Minister Gordhan – SAA employees not obliged to sign retrenchment agreement until 1 May
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan’s department has reached an agreement with the Business Rescue Practitioners for South African Airways (SAA)…
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Scopa welcomes decision to turn down SAA for extra funding
The committee believes that SAA cannot keep on requesting bailouts from the government while refusing to table financials on how…
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People might lose their jobs – unions at SAA remind govt
Unions representing workers at the South African Airways (SAA) have called on the government to think of thousands of workers…
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EFF slams Gordhan for deliberate collapse of SAA
The party has reiterated its call for multi-ministerial oversight of state-owned enterprises, as it does not trust the minister. The…
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