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  • Mango Airlines. Picture: Mango Airlines official Facebook page.

    Mango to offer affected customers vouchers after flights temporarily suspended

    Mango which is a subsidiary of South African Airways announced on Tuesday that it temporarily suspended all its operations due to outstanding payment to one of its creditors.

    305 days ago
  • Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News.

    Opposition labels Gordhan a ‘stumbling block’ in SAA, Takatso Consortium deal

    While the UDM intends to legally challenge Minister Pravin Gordhan’s announcement, the DA said it had written to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to request urgent information regarding the deal.

    338 days ago
  • Picture: @flysaa_care/Twitter

    SAA-Takatso deal: PSA calls for urgent meeting to clarify investment

    Just over a week ago Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced a new strategic equity partner for SAA, but already questions have been raised about the consortium and whether it has the required funds.

    343 days ago
  • Gordhan: With new equity partner, SAA will no longer need government funding

    Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced on 11 June 2021 that Takatso Consortium will be the new strategic equity partner for South African Airways. The Takatso Consortium will own 51% of the airline and the Department of Public Enterprises 49%. #SAA #PravinGordhan

    351 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan. Picture: Lindsay Dentlinger/Eyewitness News.

    Gordhan says SAA to take to the skies as soon as August

    Minister Pravin Gordhan and department officials updated Parliament’s public enterprises committee on the status of the national carrier earlier on Wednesday.

    360 days ago
  • FILE: Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Myeni to Zondo: Tsotsi wanted to use me as a scapegoat as he faced corruption

    Dudu Myeni said she helped Zola Tsotsi with advice on how to appoint a legal advisor and to set up a meeting with former President Jacob Zuma.

    368 days ago
  • Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni testifying in her delinquency case at the High Court in Pretoria on 20 February 2020. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News.

    Dudu Myeni a no-show at state capture commission

    But Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo said first she had to answer why she was not present and if that wasn’t a defiance of a summons and a criminal offence.

    369 days ago
  • Picture: South African Airways

    Parly told that the bulk of SAA business rescue funding spent on consultants

    SAA entered into business rescue in December of 2019 and finished the expensive process in April.

    379 days ago
  • FILE: SAA has been under business rescue since 2019. Picture: brians101/123rf.com

    Numsa, SAA Technical hold first consultative meeting as jobs hang in the balance

    The union and staff at South African Airways (SAA) have been served with Section 189 notices informing them that they were considering possibly retrenching about 1,203 employees.

    379 days ago
  • Picture: South African Airways

    Work to save SAA has only begun, says public enterprises dept

    The department welcomed the announcement by SAA business rescue practitioners that the airline is no longer under business rescue.

    392 days ago
  • SAA plane at O.R. Tambo International Airport. Image: 123rf

    SAA business rescue comes to an end

    It's understood South African Airways has now been handed back to the executives and the board.

    393 days ago
  • FILE: Mango Airlines. Picture: Supplied.

    Mango says it's still waiting for govt funding, about 700 salaries affected

    Government has delayed much-needed funding for Mango, promising on a number of occasions that money would be paid over.

    396 days ago
  • Mango Airlines. Picture: Mango Airlines official Facebook page.

    Numsa blames Dept of Public Enterprises for Mango’s problems

    New interim SAA CEO Thomas Kgokolo said that Mango, which is a subsidiary of the national airline, was facing a huge amount of debt and its inability to pay would mean Mango would not be able to continue operating.

    397 days ago
  • Thomas Kgokolo. Picture: @saica_ca_sa/Twitter

    ‘Revamped’ SAA should take to the skies in August, says new CEO Kgokolo

    Thomas Kgokolo is joining the cash-strapped airline at a time when its business rescue process, which started in 2019, is yet to be concluded.

    402 days ago
  • FILE: An SAA aircraft. Picture: AFP

    Numsa instructs attorneys to take action against SAA over unpaid salaries

    The union said its members at SAA Technical have not yet received their salaries.

    421 days ago
  • FILE: Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has told MPs that SAA would not be receiving any more funding, and would have to look at its new strategic partner for more cash. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Pilots sabotaging SAA from getting off the ground – Gordhan

    Public Enterprises Minister Pravin blames the SAA Pilots Association for adding to the airline's woes.

    429 days ago
  • FILE: SAA flight SA 4272 was deployed to transport South Africa’s second consignment of the Johnson and Johnson jabs last month. Picture: 123rf.com

    SAA flight deployed to get J&J vaccines almost stalled mid-air, BRPs confirm

    Crew members reportedly miscalculated the takeoff weight of the plane during departure from Johannesburg last month.

    430 days ago
  • © brians101/123rf.com

    SAA business rescue expected to be completed by end of March

    The national carrier was placed under business rescue in December 2019 amid allegations of mismanagement, which left the airline in dire straits and unable to pay its debts.

    434 days ago
  • FILE: Brian Molefe appears at the state capture inquiry on 3 March 2021. Picture: SABC/YouTube.

    Molefe: I replaced Letsema with Regiments because of conflict of interest

    The former Transnet and Eskom CEO on Monday said he decided that Regiments should replace the Letsema Company because of a conflict of interest.

    446 days ago
  • FILE: Officials say this exercise should have involved the State Security Agency due to its sensitivity. Picture: @DenelSOC/Twitter.

    Irregular Denel tender more like a ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ - SIU tells MPs

    The tender involved hacking into the state arms company's IT system to test its vulnerability.

    451 days ago
  • Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni testifying in her delinquency case at the High Court in Pretoria on 20 February 2020. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News.

    Dudu Myeni’s interim delinquency order appeal struck off the roll

    This after the former South African Airways board chair appealed an earlier ruling that the delinquency judgement can be enforced even while she tries to appeal at the Supreme Court of Appeal.

    467 days ago
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