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Numsa, Sacca accuse DPE of not being transparent over SAA equity partner
On Friday morning, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced the sale of 51% of the national carrier to Takatso Consortium.
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Dire times: SAA staff tell of struggles making ends meet without salaries
Last year, over 3,000 workers accepted voluntary severance packages as part of the airline's business rescue plan. But those who stayed with the airline said that they had not received salaries since May last year.
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Public Enterprises Dept pleased as Numsa, Sacca accept SAA deal
Numsa and Sacca have been vehemently opposed to layoffs at SAA, but after a meeting with the Public Enterprises Department, the unions believe it’s the best decision for members who prefer the voluntary severance packages.
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SAA business rescue plan to be published at end of March
The plan was expected to be published before the end of next week Friday.
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Court dismisses Numsa, Sacca's urgent bid to halt SAA retrenchments
Unions Numsa and the South African Cabin Crew Association approached the Labour Court to interdict the airline from cutting jobs.
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Numsa, Sacca file urgent court application to halt SAA job cuts
Numsa's Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said that they were expecting the Labour Court to hear their application on Thursday.
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Numsa, Sacca in 'unacceptable' compromise with SAA over restructuring plans
Numsa's Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said that some of the conditions included the retrenchment of over 900 workers to help save the airline.
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SAA to restore full flight schedule this weekend
The eight-day strike by Numsa and Sacca has cost the airline about R50 million a day and has left thousands of travellers frustrated.
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Non-striking National Transport Movement pens wage deal with SAA
The union's president Mashudu Raphetha said that the wage deal was subject to SAA securing additional funds and that the salary increase would start from February next year.
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SAA scrambling to secure funds for day-to-day operations
SAA has advised workers to make arrangements with their banks because it is not guaranteed that they will be paid.
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Sacca not surprised SAA unable to pay salaries on time this month
A screenshot of what appears to be an internal correspondence about delays in the payment of salaries went viral on Twitter on Thursday afternoon.
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Numsa: SAA strike a fight for survival
Numsa's Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said unions would not sit back and watch as workers were used as sacrifices for SAA management's failures and corruption.
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Consultative talks between SAA, unions set to go under way on Monday
Two weeks ago, the national carrier announced that 944 people could lose their jobs.
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SAA set to resume some domestic flights today
Flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town and Johannesburg to Durban, along with those to Victoria Falls, will be operational.
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Numsa, Sacca accuse SAA of declaring war after wage talks break down
Unions are putting more pressure on the airline, with the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) serving a secondary strike notice on catering company Air Chefs.
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Numsa serves SAA with secondary strike notice
The latest move comeas after talks between trade unions and SAA brooke down on Tuesday night.
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SAA says it's secured R2bn from banks to stay afloat
Embattled SAA said that it has managed to secure the help of various banks to keep it in business.
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Unions set to intensify SAA strike after talks break down
On Tuesday, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) met with government as well as SAA's executive management and some board members.
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Mgoduso: There's no evidence of corruption against SAA board members
The South African Airways (SAA) board on Tuesday refuted allegations by unions that it was corrupt and was the reason the airline was in dire straits.
