LUKANYO MNYANDA: SAA is an expensive distraction we could have done without in time of crisis
Morally we cannot justify throwing one more cent at the national airline
22 March 2020 - 19:59
If only President Cyril Ramaphosa had listened to Tito Mboweni in the first place.
Not even a month into his role as finance minister, Mboweni courted controversy in 2018 with a public call that the airline be closed down. That attracted the ire of the CEO at the time, and the more ideologically-minded members of the government...
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