‘Mother of all strikes’ ready to paralyze SAA as union hints at ‘total shutdown’ if national carrier cuts a fifth of staff

Numsa and Sacca already have a strike certificate as they accuse management of threatening them with retrenchments and call for the SAA board to be scrapped. As if their financial dire straits and the plan that they would have to Read More …

Broke SAA – R35-million are splurged on bodyguards ahead of job cuts

Five top South African Airways “personnel” will be given R10,500-a-day bodyguards as the airline prepares to announce massive job cuts.

A two-year deal with security company Control Risks will cost the airline — which lost R5.6-billion in the 2017 financial year — up to R35-million.