The Zondo Commission has singled out former chairperson Dudu Myeni as being among those responsible for the airline's costly demise but the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) believes there are more people to blame for the corruption and maladministration at the airline.
The SA Cabin Crew Association, Mango Pilots Association and Numsa are disturbed by SAA's decision to not support any capital injection for Mango.
Staff members affiliated to Numsa and the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) are picketing outside SAA's offices in Kempton Park.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa)'s Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said that many of the old SAA’s problems had been carried over to the newly launched airline.
On Friday morning, Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan announced the sale of 51% of the national carrier to Takatso Consortium.
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.
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.
The plan was expected to be published before the end of next week Friday.
Unions Numsa and the South African Cabin Crew Association approached the Labour Court to interdict the airline from cutting jobs.
Numsa's Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said that they were expecting the Labour Court to hear their application on Thursday.
Numsa's Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said that some of the conditions included the retrenchment of over 900 workers to help save the airline.
The eight-day strike by Numsa and Sacca has cost the airline about R50 million a day and has left thousands of travellers frustrated.
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.
SAA has advised workers to make arrangements with their banks because it is not guaranteed that they will be paid.
A screenshot of what appears to be an internal correspondence about delays in the payment of salaries went viral on Twitter on Thursday afternoon.
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.
Two weeks ago, the national carrier announced that 944 people could lose their jobs.
Flights from Johannesburg to Cape Town and Johannesburg to Durban, along with those to Victoria Falls, will be operational.
