SA taxpayers to fund yet another government bailout – Cash-strapped SAA requests R4bn to survive current financial year after years of mismanagement and corruption

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 Read More …

SAA airline finds itself in a perpetual debt trap that it just can’t escape from without government bailouts – all this because of incompetent ANC politicians, mismanagement and corruption

There’s a lot to take in with this story below of what could potentially become a massive crisis for the South African fiscus and taxpayer. In a telltale sign, suppliers to SAA are slashing their payment periods from 21 days Read More …