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SAA in talks to recoup R350-million in blocked funds from Zimbabwe

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The cash-strapped national carrier is in the process of recouping its blocked funds from Zimbabwe, which could go towards financing the airline’s business rescue plan
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Workers get their slice of SA Express

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Proposals for how to carve up ownership of the airline could mean that the government will no longer hog the whole pie
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SA Express employees in R250m crowdfunding bid to buy their airline

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Amid the overnight, worldwide crash of the air travel industry, a group of retrenched SA Express employees have an ambitious plan to raise R250-million in seed funding to buy the cash-strapped airline.
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SAA creditors give go-ahead on rescue plan

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Unions and staff representatives have agreed to severance packages for about 2 700 employees who will lose their jobs.
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Unions reject SAA severance pay

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Labour representatives argue that the state airline just ‘expects 78% of workers to accept one week’s pay’ for each year worked
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SAA 2.0 hopes to start lean and grow from next year

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Draft agreement document spells out that R1.5-billion will be needed to fund severance packages for 2 400 of the airline’s employees
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Sell assets or create a new airline? Tussle over SAA future intensifies

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The department of public enterprises is concerned that the proposed sale of assets threatens its plans to engineer SAA 2.0
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SAA crash-lands but new airline will take off

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During discussions between unions and business rescue practitioners and the government, it was decided that the national carrier would be closed and a new airline formed
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SAA Technical flies into salary storm

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Maintenance division is first SAA subsidiary to declare hardship to staff as travel ban effects grow at the state-owned airline
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DPE issues correction: Eskom not insolvent, but has “liquidity challenges”

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An earlier presentation by the department of public enterprises offered a grim diagnosis of Eskom's future. It has since been corrected
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EFF calls on Gordhan to resign over Eskom blunders

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The Red Berets say the public enterprises minister was a member of the Cabinet which led to Eskom’s failure
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As it stands, Eskom will cease to exist by April — DPE

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The department outlined the financial and operational problems facing the utility, which began load-shedding on Monday
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Gupta looters leave SA in the dark

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And a planned PetroSA plant shutdown meant Eskom could not replenish diesel supplies
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Gordhan cancels Christmas break for Eskom execs

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Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan told media on Thursday Christmas leave for senior management has been cancelled
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Denel suffers over R1.7bn loss, expects more in future

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The state-owned arms company has yet to submit an annual report for the 2017/18 financial year
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