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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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SAA pilots willing to strike to ‘save’ national airline – will be a first in its 80-year existence

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SAA pilots willing to strike to 'save' national airline - will be a first in its 80-year existence

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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Motor industry may be crippled by imminent strikes – unreasonable demands from unions could lead to withdrawal of manufacturers from SA and job losses

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Motor industry may be crippled by imminent strikes - unreasonable demands from unions could lead to withdrawal of manufacturers from SA and job losses

Strikes could soon paralyze car manufacturers in South Africa if an agreement is not reached with the trade union Numsa soon. The first round of talks failed, and a second attempt was envisaged, but the demands made by the union left a red light for the future of the industry. The first round of talks..
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Striking Personnel of National Curator Park dispels tourists and causes serious drawbacks for industry

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Striking Personnel of National Curator Park dispels tourists and causes serious drawbacks for industry

Tourists visiting the once famous Kruger National Park were asked to be patient at their arrival and stay as some staff members are on strike. This is not the first time the Park has been experiencing difficulties with labourers, but the current strike seems to have serious drawbacks for the industry. Unconfirmed reports say international..
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SA liquidations increase by over 53% – economy’s poor performance is attributed to power supply, violence conditions, strikes, corruption, etc.

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A liquidations increase by over 53% - economy's poor performance is attributed to power supply, violence conditions, strikes, corruption, etc.

While the ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa made huge promises of foreign investors and many jobs for the 28% who are looking for jobs and not getting, new setbacks are coming to the surface. The number of liquidations recorded in South Africa has increased by 50% during April this year, indicating the real state of the..
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President is gallivanting throughout the world while violence, protests, murder, strikes are on the order of the day and SA’s debt is getting bigger – wonder if he would repeat his lies on farm murders in SA overseas

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President is gallivanting throughout the world while violence, protests, murder, strikes are on the order of the day and SA's debt is getting bigger

Municipal and city council debt to Eskom is in an upward spiral with the latest figures of R17 billion by the end of September. The same pattern is found at the various waters where little progress is made with debt collection. A number of recommendations have been made but no decision has yet been taken..
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Everything that the ANC has laid its hands on since 1994 has been tainted, yet ANC members of Parliament say that there is absolutely nothing wrong in our country

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Everything that the ANC has laid its hands on since 1994 has been tainted

Everything that the ANC has laid its hands on since 1994 has been tainted. Institutions, municipalities and services are collapsing. There is not a single success story. Things will only change if the ANC is ousted at the polls. At this late stage, the ANC itself cannot even agree on what is wrong in South..
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Solidarity members to strike over Sasol’s ‘white exclusion’

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More than 80% of Solidarity’s members at Sasol in Secunda voted for a strike against the company’s exclusion of white employees from a staff share scheme, the labour union claims in a statement on its website on Sunday.
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Eskom: Load shedding, industrial action, intimidation, sabotage

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Eskom: Load shedding, industrial action, intimidation, sabotage

Statement issued by: Eskom Media Desk: Eskom notes with concern the industrial action by trade unions and advises customers to plan on the assumption that load shedding could take place in the week. Monday, 30 July 2018: Eskom notes with concern the ongoing industrial action by trade unions at various Eskom sites, over the issue..
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