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Unions reject SAA severance pay

Business Sabelo Skiti - 18 Jun 2020

Labour representatives argue that the state airline just ‘expects 78% of workers to accept one week’s pay’ for each year worked

‘SAA 2.0’: New deal provides a lifeline

Business Sabelo Skiti - 14 May 2020

Airline brought back from the brink as rescue practitioners and Gordhan agree to work on a rescue plan by the end of June

SAA Technical flies into salary storm

Article Sabelo Skiti - 23 Apr 2020

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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SAA staff placed on forced leave as airline cancels flights during lockdown

Article Thando Maeko - 25 Mar 2020

Employees at the embattled state-owned airline have been forced to take leave as SAA cancels all flights during South Africa’s lockdown

SAA’s choice: Restructure and cut 2 200 jobs or liquidate and lose 4 700

Article Thando Maeko - 10 Mar 2020

The business rescue practitioners say 29 of the fleet of 48 planes, various routes and inefficient services also need to go in the state-owned airline is to survive

SAA’s rescue men fly in defiance

Article Thando Maeko - 21 Feb 2020

The airline’s business rescue practitioners ignored a warning not to announce route closures and possible job cuts ahead of a restructuring plan

Unions vow to push ‘battle for survival’ at SAA

Article Thando Maeko - 14 Feb 2020

The Labour Court dismisses an application by Numsa and Sacca to have planned job cuts at SAA scrapped

SAA workers told not to return to work next month

Article Thando Maeko - 13 Feb 2020

The airline’s employees in Durban have been told to join the unemployment queue on March 1 because the city’s route will be closed at the end of February

SAA’s options seem limited

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 22 Nov 2019

Business rescue is unlikely to work for a state-owned airline, say experts. But the government has no money for bailouts

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