SAA is not too big to fail, says Pravin Gordhan
Public enterprises minister says tough decisions could be made for cash-strapped national airline
15 November 2019 - 08:57
New York — The government has signalled that it is going to take a hardline approach to its cash-strapped national airline as labour unions prepared to strike over pay and job cuts, forcing the carrier to cancel almost all its flights over the next two days.
“If some tough decisions need to be made, we’ll make them,” public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan said in a speech at a conference in New York on Thursday. SAA is “not too big to fail.”..
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