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Denel’s huge contract worth billions of Rand halted after dispute over inspection arises – How long will the cash-strapped SEO remain standing?

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South Africa has blocked Denel’s huge contract worth billions of Rand. The contracts, the largest of which are for weapons in the two countries, Saudi Arabia, and the other in the United Arab Emirates, have been blocked and could eventually be canceled by the buyers. South African manufacturer Denel, which, like many other state entities,..
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SAA strike costing R52 million a day and with a bankruptcy record it could mean the end of the entity

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More than 3000 workers affiliated with Numsa and Sacca downed tools at SAA on Friday over a wage dispute and plans to cut more than 900 jobs, costing the airline about R52million a day. Related Articles The interim chief financial officer of SAA Deon Fredericks, said the strike was pushing the struggling airline to unsustainable levels. “If this strike continues, we are running the risk of putting SAA out of business,” Fredericks said. Even though they are working with Mango Airlines to accommodate as many customers travelling on domestic services as possible and refunding passengers their flights or travel with other airlines. SAA is facing a crippling onslaught by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the South African Cabin Crew Association (Sacca). The national air-carrier is threatening the unions with legal action if they fail to retract comments that the safety of passengers cannot be guaranteed. Over the weekend, Numsa said anyone flying with SAA during the strike was “endangering their life” as those working may not be sufficiently qualified. Numsa and Sacca said the national carrier was using personnel with no relevant work experience in the maintenance and repair of aircraft and in the cabin crew area. Independent aviation expert Javed Malik said SAA needed to fix its cost structure in order to attract more business and potential investors. “They should be cleaning their house first and focus more on internal issues before worrying about what their competitors are doing. The competition has its own troubles as well,” Malik said. “The passengers who threaten not to use SAA again will come back; industrial action happens everywhere in the world. Any possible equity partner will come if SAA is making money or if they want routes it operates on.” Malik said the allegations of unqualified staff working during the strike was a “technical question”, as only technical people should know what was happening at the airline. Fredericks said the unions’ allegations over the airline’s safety were malicious, adding that they had met with their lawyers yesterday morning to take legal action. “We actually briefed our lawyers. We have given them all the information we have. We will meet with them so that we can start that action against the unions,” he said. “The customer will always be our first priority in terms of service, and in terms of safety.” The South African Civil Aviation Authority (Sacaa) said SAA had provided it with contingency plans prior to the strike and assured the director of Civil Aviation that the airline would take all the necessary care to uphold civil aviation safety and security. Sacaa spokesperson Phindile Gwebu said SAA had given the regulator assurances that all flights were being operated by qualified cabin and flight crew, and that all technicians attending to aircraft are appropriately licensed and rated. “The process of conducting spot checks by the Sacaa, as and when necessary, is ongoing,” Gwebu said. SAA resumed operations on its international and six regional routes on Sunday, but domestic flights have remained grounded. Nevertheless, the unions' strike already cost SAA more than R250m, and with a bankruptcy record it could mean the end of the entity. The ANC government faces a choice, whether to blame the SAA, or again, as in the past, to use the taxpayers' money to pay for the poor management decisions that are made. The end of the South African Airways hangs in the air, and this is in stark contrast to the past success story when savvy apartheid-era people managed the company with great success. SAA chairman Thandeka Mgoduso acknowledged that it is almost impossible to return to the current chaos caused by unions' unreasonable wage demands. Economists point out that the decline of state entities is partly attributed to the unions operating on only two elements, namely unfair and unrealistically high wage demands, and secondly, to start striking if their demands are not heeded.

More than 3000 workers affiliated with Numsa and Sacca downed tools at SAA on Friday over a wage dispute and plans to cut more than 900 jobs, costing the airline about R52 million a day. The interim chief financial officer of SAA Deon Fredericks, said the strike was pushing the struggling airline to unsustainable levels…
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Prasa may lose 13 unused locomotives worth R2.6 billion due to dispute over ownership

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Prasa may lose 13 unused locomotives worth R2.6 billion due to dispute over ownership

The thirteen locomotives that are not suitable for driving on the South African rail network because the huge machines are too high will now become a dispute over whose property it is. The 13 Afro-4000 locomotives are now in the balance and Prasa will have to fight to make them his property, informed sources said…
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Public Protecter wants clear Gordhan’s name after accusations that he was involved in so-called privatization of the SA Reserve Bank

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Public Protecter wants clear Gordhan's name after accusations that he was involved in so-called privatization of the SA Reserve Bank

The Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, said she was only trying clear Minister Pravin Gordhan’s name to end a dispute. Mkhwebane alleges that the minister interferes with her investigation after Gordhan putted his legal representative on her. The investigation is being conducted following the so-called privatization of the SA Reserve Bank which the minister has been..
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MTN supports the racist EFF and ANC but not the Afrikaner – Sponsorship of large music festival cancelled but MTN did not hesitate to act as sponsor for political gatherings

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MTN supports the racist EFF and ANC

The civil rights organisation AfriForum declared a dispute with MTN and launched a public campaign over the alleged racist action that is supported by the telecommunications company. This follows after MTN announced that it withdrew its sponsorship at a large Afrikaans music festival because MTN does not support the personal views of one of the..
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Disabled persons left to fend for themselves due to strike at San Michele’s home for psychiatric and disabled patients

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The management of San Michele’s home for psychiatric and disabled patients in Brakpan on the East Rand are in panic after most of the staff members of the home have started a protected strike action. More than 200 patients are left unattended during.

Marius Bosman, administrator of San Michele, explained on Saturday that about 90 staff members, including caregivers, cooks and cleaners, have down tools due to wages and bonuses dispute since Friday morning.

“Where we usually have a staff corps of about 85 people throughout the day and 15 crews of staff, we currently have only one matron and five volunteers to look after our 203 patients,” Bosman said.

“We are currently experiencing a crisis and should, with the help of the few volunteers, ensure that patients are fed, fed, bathed and taken care of.”

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Hannes Noëth, executive director of Solidarity Helping Hand, sent delegates from this welfare organization to the hostel to urgen
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KwaZulu-Natal landowners do not seek land but money  – no wonder prosperous farms are ruined as soon as land is transferred to black beneficiaries

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KwaZulu-Natal landowners do not seek land but money  - no wonder prosperous farms are ruined as soon as land is transferred to black beneficiaries

Land allocated to local communities after land claim is now the focus of a dispute between the owners, the state and the Ingonyama Trust of Zwelithini. After several lands claim has been granted, the 30 owners of 11,000 hectares of land, worth R3 billion, want to sell it  to the ANC-government for R760 million. This..
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Dear black people’, please move your car – Dispute over parking space turns ugly

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Dear black people', please move your car - Dispute over parking space turns ugly

A KwaZulu-Natal woman is to approach the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) after a dispute over a parking bay turned racial at the weekend. Nonhle Cele, who lives at Garden Mews in Pinetown, found a tersely worded note slipped through the window of her car on Monday morning. The note, with the underlined heading “Dear..
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London’s Terror Attack Exposes World’s Double Standards to Farm Murders in South Africa – Boer Afrikaners

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In the latest terror attack on the Western world on March 22, 2017, 4 innocents in London (including a police officer) were callously killed in an islamic terrorist attack and 30 wounded. It was condemned worldwide with support and solidarity for Britain by states such as Germany, Belgium and France, which already suffered under many..
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