Sacca said that trade unions would meet Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan in Pretoria this morning in a fresh bid to resolve the crippling SAA strike.
In his leaked resignation letter former CEO Vuyani Jarana said he was leaving his post because of a lack of support and commitment to fund SAA.
The self-imposed sanction was the airline’s reaction to a Level 1 finding raised by the South African Civil Aviation Authority following a base inspection of SAA operations in Malawi.
Jarana says the R10 billion cash injection from the government last year eased the airline’s financial situation somewhat, but he says its balance sheet remains very weak.
SAA CEO Vuyani Jarana says the airline will be scaling back on routes that are not profitable until such time as it can compete in the market again.
Privatisation talk in South Africa shows how state-owned enterprises are being used as tools for enrichment by the connected and less as key elements of development.
