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  • FILE: SAA planes. Picture: EWN

    SAA named among top airlines globally for on-time arrivals

    SAA was ranked fourth in the category, beating out other top Middle Eastern and African airlines, scoring 85.69% overall.

    471 days ago
  • Fitch has warned that failure to form a credible plan to stabilise government debt exacerbated by bailouts for troubled state run firms like Eskom could prompt a downgrade. Picture: EWN

    S. Africans assured troubles at ailing SOEs will be remedied soon

    Eskom, SAA and Transnet are just three of the SOEs that have been struggling after years of corruption and mismanagement.

    488 days ago
  • FILE: A South African Airways flight takes off as another one is parked in a bay on the tarmac at OR Tambo International airport in Johannesburg. Picture: AFP

    SAA has reasonable chance of survival - rescue specialist

    Les Matuson, the business rescue practitioner charged with assessing the prospects of SAA and 10,000 related jobs, said he and his team considered a rescue to be the preferable option.

    489 days ago
  • FILE: Former SAA Chairperson Dudu Myeni is suing Outa for R8 million after the organisation tweeted that she was responsible for corruption at the embattled airline. Picture: GCIS.

    Dudu Myeni: SAA corruption claims made by Outa false, misleading

    This is contained in her court papers filed almost three weeks ago.

    491 days ago
  • FILE: Former SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni. Picture: GCIS

    Dudu Myeni’s ‘delinquent director’ trial to go ahead in January

    Outa wants Myeni to be declared a delinquent director to stop her from serving on other boards after SAA lost billions of rand during her tenure.

    498 days ago
  • FILE: ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule at the post-NEC media briefing on Wednesday, 11 December 2019, at Luthuli House. Picture: @MYANC/Twitter

    Placing SAA under business rescue isn’t privatisation - Magashule

    Last week, the cash-strapped airline went under voluntary business rescue as it struggled to meet its immediate financial obligations.

    499 days ago
  •  Picture: Air Tanzania on Facebook.

    African governments struggle to turn around loss-making airlines

    Ethiopian Airlines has bucked the trend, providing a model that others hope to emulate.

    500 days ago
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    CARTOON: From Miss Universe to Miss Management

    Dr jack & Curtis.

    500 days ago
  • President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the second South Africa Investment Conference in Sandton, Johannesburg on 6 November 2019. Picture: @PresidencyZA/Twitter

    CYRIL RAMAPHOSA: Eskom, SAA, Prasa - we'll do what we must to save them

    Despite the depth of current challenges, none of our SOEs is lost, says the president.

    501 days ago
  • FILE: The unions accuse the airline of failing to consult with them before making the decision. Picture: South African Airways.

    SAA: Numsa, Sacca back Solidarity’s bid to stop Matuson appointment

    Les Matuson was announced by government, as the man to lead the process, aimed at saving SAA from collapse due to financial difficulty.

    504 days ago
  • FILE: The Democratic Alliance said if the national carrier survived business rescue, it should be privatised. Picture: EWN.

    SAA appoints Les Matuson to lead business rescue process

    Trade unions had given the board until Friday to provide an undertaking that they would not play a role in this appointment.

    504 days ago
  • FILE: SAA Airbus. Picture: GCIS

    FACTBOX: The struggles of the cash-strapped SAA

    Here's a brief history of the airline which was on Wednesday ordered by President Cyril Ramaphosa to enter into voluntary business rescue.

    505 days ago
  • FILE: Numsa and the South African Cabin Crew Association have denied their strike crippled SAA financially. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN.

    Involved parties give SAA’s business rescue move the green light

    The meeting at the south Gauteng deputy judge president's chambers follows the confirmation on Wednesday night from the Presidency that SAA was to go into voluntary business rescue.

    505 days ago
  • FILE: SAA's lenders will also provide another R2 billion as the national carrier begins the journey to restructuring its business and financial affairs from Thursday. Picture: AFP.

    DA welcomes move to place SAA under business rescue

    An announcement is expected soon on the appointment of business practitioners to see through the arduous process.

    505 days ago
  • FILE: A business rescue practitioner will now have to be appointed and once the administrator moves in, the board stops being in charge. Picture: AFP.

    SAA to receive R2 billion lifeline

    The airline's creditors will also provide an additional R2 billion as it begins the journey to restructuring its business and financial affairs from Thursday.

    505 days ago
  • South African Airways plane. Picture: Facebook

    SAA to be placed under 'urgent' business rescue

    In a leaked report seen by Eyewitness News, Ramaphosa addresses ministers and deputy ministers to change Cabinet’s approach in addressing the dire situation the national airline finds itself in.

    506 days ago
  • Picture: South African Airways

    Flight Centre’s decision on SAA tickets unfortunate, says Fedusa

    The travel agency announced last week that it reached the decision after its preferred travel insurance provider and their underwriters were no longer willing to cover the airline under an insolvency benefit.

    506 days ago
  • Outa's legal representative Carol Steinberg at the High Court in Pretoria on 2 December 2019. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN.

    Outa ‘confident’ delinquency case against Dudu Myeni will go ahead

    The pressure group wanted Myeni to be declared a delinquent director to stop her from serving on other boards after SAA lost billions.

    507 days ago
  • FILE: Former SAA chairperson Dudu Myeni in February 2015. Picture: Gallo Images/Veli Nhlapo.

    Dudu Myeni sues Outa for R8m ‘for damaging her reputation’

    Outa and Myeni are involved in a bitter battle in the Pretoria High Court.

    508 days ago
  • FILE: The oversight report on SOEs comes as another committee of Parliament, Scopa, prepares for its own visit to trouble SAA this week. Picture: South African Airways.

    State capture to blame for state of SOEs: Parly's public enterprises committee

    An oversight report published this week follows recent visits and inspections of the key SOEs like the South African Airways (SAA), Denel and Transnet.

    508 days ago
  • Dudu Myeni’s lawyer Ncebayethu Buthelezi at the High Court in Pretoria on 2 December 2019. Picture: Edwin Ntshidi/EWN

    Court rules against Myeni bid to add other SAA directors to delinquency case

    Dudu Myeni’s legal team brought the applications last week, saying her last lawyer did not advise her correctly.

    508 days ago
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