Salary arrears owed to SAA staff will be paid by 19 February, and the public enterprises department commits to reskilling affected employees.

More than 3 000 employees out of 5 000 have accepted the packages. The state-owned airline, which went into business rescue, is likely to retain 1 000 workers

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

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