President Cyril Ramaphosa has sided with public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan on the future of SAA, rejecting finance minister Tito Mboweni’s contention that it should rather be cut loose. Just a day after Gordhan signalled that his preference was to nurse the airline back to health, Ramaphosa told parliament on Tuesday that closing it down would destabilise other state-owned entities (SOEs) and the broader economy. If you are already a subscriber, please click on the following link to go to the full article: Ramaphosa: there is no plan to sell SAA If you would like to subscribe to BusinessLIVE to read the full story, please click here.

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