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SA Express assets will go under the hammer in November after the beleaguered state-owned airline was placed under provisional liquidation earlier this year.Image: SAA

November auction for SA Express assets

SA Express assets will go under the hammer in November after the beleaguered state-owned airline was placed under provisional liquidation earlier this year. Among the assets available at the November 18 auction are eight Bombardier CRJ200…

Numsa and the SA Cabin Crew Association want government to account for the failure of the national carrier, SAA.Image: REUTERS/SIYABONGA SISHI.

Legal battle ahead as Numsa and Sacca oppose SAA liquidation

Numsa and the SA Cabin Crew Association want to legally challenge the liquidation of the national carrier SAA and SA Express (SAX). In a joint statement, the unions said they had on Thursday written to the presidency, the department of…

The government has allocated R3.8bn to SAA to run its operations in the current financial year, parliament heard on Wednesday. Image: THE TIMES/MOELETSI MABE

SAA gets R3.8bn‚ Eskom R33bn as Covid-19 ups SOEs’ financial woes

The government has allocated R3.8bn to troubled national airline SAA to run its operations in the current financial year ending in March 2021. The similarly financially ruined Eskom will get R33bn for the same period. This emerged during…

The high court in Johannesburg ruled that the ailing airline was unlikely to be able to continue operating into the future. Image: Turners Travel via Twitter

700 jobs at risk as SA Express is placed under provisional liquidation

SA Express has been placed under provisional liquidation, putting 700 jobs at risk should the liquidation be made final. The high court in Johannesburg on Tuesday ruled that the ailing airline, which was placed into business rescue in…

Siza Mzimela appointed as acting CEO of SA Express

The board of South African Express Airways‚ with concurrence from Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan‚ has appointed Siza Mzimela as the new acting CEO of the airline. The current acting CEO‚ Matsietsi Mokholo‚ will be taking up a…