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SAA employees to picket over unpaid salaries
They're demanding outstanding payments, with Numsa and the South African Cabin Crew Association saying their members had not yet been paid any salaries for the...
In their draft business rescue plan, the BRPs warned they would need billions of taxpayer money to save the failing airline.
This will be their fourth extension since taking charge of the embattled airline since December last year.
The already cash strapped airline will only operate between Johannesburg and Cape Town, and on some of its regional routes following a sharp decrease in the demand for air travel as the world grapples the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the City Press, Tito Mboweni had proposed the embattled airline be liquidated.
More than 3,000 workers started striking on Friday to demand higher pay and to protest against restructuring plans involving heavy job losses.
On Wednesday, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba announced that South African Airways and the South African Post Office would get government bailouts to the tune of just over R13 billlion.
The DA says Gigaba's failure to remove one of the main obstacles to progress at the airline shows that SAA is clearly not his priority.
South African Airways has confirmed one of its flight attendants has been arrested in Australia.
City press is reporting that the Hawks are gathering evidence that could implicate Jonas in a case of corruption involving a supplier to SAA’s aviation maintenance division.
Last week, Cabinet announced Dudu Myeni has been reappointed to the position of SAA board chairperson.
The association says it’s a step in the right direction but analysts warn it signals Zuma's loss of control.
This hearing could determine whether Monwabisi Kalawe's disciplinary hearing will continue.
The Democratic Alliance says SAA’s turnaround strategy is ‘thin on detail’.