An investigation into a flight incident which occurred on a Mango Boeing 737 aircraft has unearthed the extent of South African Airways’ problems, according to a report in the Sunday Times. Passengers on a recent Mango flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town were terrified when the aircraft suddenly nosedived, forcing the pilot to make an..
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SA Airline shocks the country after flight incident – faulty, secondhand component of Mango Boeing turns passengers’ flight into nightmare
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Air travellers in SA – Bring your own food, union says, as strike threatens airport catering services
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Air travellers in South Africa have been warned to pack lunch boxes as there will be no food or catering services on several airlines as workers are expected to embark on a strike on Monday. This as the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) warned on Sunday that there would be no food..
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SAA pilots willing to strike to ‘save’ national airline – will be a first in its 80-year existence
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SAA pilots said on Thursday they were willing to go on strike, if necessary, unless “critical operational and technical deficiencies” were addressed. The Pilots Association has begun the process of recruiting among its members to determine how they think about the possibility of strikes. SAA has a history that its pilots will not go on..
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Bankrupt SAA’s new problem – no competent flight inspectors to evaluate aircraft
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SAA has a shortage of trained flight inspectors. The task of the inspectors is to examine and evaluate each aircraft in SAA’s fleet. According to informed sources, the current corps of inspectors is “dangerously under-qualified” and there is a lack of the necessary experience for such an important task. Two new Airbus A 350S will..
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SAA flight out of hell! –Flight from OR Thambo International Airport to Washington DC – ‘We saw our lives flash before our eyes’
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What was meant to be one of Sharmla Chetty’s regular business trips to the US turned into a hair-raising experience for her on Sunday night. ‘We saw our lives flash before our eyes’- passenger on SAA flight forced to make an emergency landing in Accra. Chetty, who is from Johannesburg, was on board SAA flight..
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Appointment of white CEO at Mango kicks up a storm – Black management Forum objects since he is white and because of skin colour not qualified for the position
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The appointment of Nico Bezuidenhout as Chief Executive Officer of Mango triggered hysteria at the Black Management Forum (BMF). The BMF will do everything in its power to fight the appointment. Their objection is that he is a white man and apparently is not qualified for the position. Bezuidenhout stated that his previous experience at..
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State capture, another horrific finding!: SAA loses out on 2-million litres of fuel a month as BEE music promoter fails to deliver
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A little-known company that was awarded a multimillion-rand contract to supply fuel to SAA hasn’t delivered since October last year. This means that the airline has been short of 2-million litres of fuel a month – although this amount is small enough to not have caused any major problems. This was testimony at the state..
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Blame Everyone But Themselves: NUMSA Now Blames Rothschild’s, “The New Guptas”, for Problems at Embattled SAA & State Owned Enterprises!
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If there is one lesson communism has taught the world, but which the world has refused to learn, it is that when someone else’s money runs out, someone else gets the blame. The Rothschild’s, who are conveniently white, as all evil perpetrators should be in South Africa, are now accused of preying on South Africa’s state-owned enterprises. South African unions have joined forces to take on the Rothschild family, which they have accused of being involved in attempts to ‘capture’ the country’s State Owned Enterprises (SOEs).
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How much taxpayers money has been thrown into SAA’s black hole to stay afloat?
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Billions and billions have been thrown at The South African Airways (SAA), but the airline don’t have much to show for it. It’s hard to recall a time when the limpest of all our state-owned entities was successful on its own two feet. It has a history of relying on fiscal interventions, needing contributions from..
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Economic recession awaits SA due to poor performance of the rand and begging mentality of state entities
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South Africa’s economy is plunging into an abyss, and the recession looms on the doorstep of SA’s door. This is the opinion of an expert in Pretoria following the extremely poor performance of the rand and the begging mentality of state-controlled companies. The latest plea from the SA Airways, asking the ANC-regime for a R4..
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Can you believe this, the SAA requests R4bn government bailout, their ‘wings’ needs to be clipped NOW
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JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways (SAA) appointed its head of operations as acting chief executive on Friday and said it needs R4-billion from the government to survive the current financial year and allow it to renegotiate loan terms with banks. Zukisa Ramasia becomes interim CEO after Vuyani Jarana unexpectedly resigned on Sunday, after less than..
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SA taxpayers to fund yet another government bailout – Cash-strapped SAA requests R4bn to survive current financial year after years of mismanagement and corruption
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South African Airways (SAA) appointed its head of operations as acting chief executive on Friday and said it needs R4-billion from the government to survive the current financial year and allow it to renegotiate loan terms with banks. Zukisa Ramasia becomes interim CEO after Vuyani Jarana unexpectedly resigned on Sunday, after less than two years..
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Trade unions are threatening to stop all flights from SAA if their demands are not met
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The unions Numsa and the SA Cabin Crew Association demand that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SAA, Vuyani Jarana, be reinstated immediately in his post. This comes after Jarana announced that he had resigned. The two unions say they will stop all flights from SAA if this requirement is not met. According to them,..
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EFF’s Mbuyiseni Ndlozi talks about the ‘Fake’ pilot saga which is a prime example of white privilege, well Ndlozi can you pilot a plane?
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Mbuyiseni Ndlozi of the EFF is not surprised by the scandal surrendering an SAA pilot who flew for 20 years with an allegedly fake license. The Economic Freedom Fighter claims that this is not the first time ‘white privilege’ worked in the favour of an unqualified ‘professional’. Taking to social media, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi weighed in..
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The Police bust SAA pilot who was fired for flying with fake licence for 20 years
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A senior SAA pilot, who had been asked to resign earlier this year after it was found that he had flown commercial airplanes for more than 20 years with a fake licence, has been taken into custody, police have said. Police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo said William Chandler appeared in Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court on..
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