Pre-election “Plunder spree of note” – with Wayne Duvenage
There is a “plunder’s spree of note” by government officials to “make as much money as they can” before next year’s national elections.
There is a “plunder’s spree of note” by government officials to “make as much money as they can” before next year’s national elections.
CNN editor-at-large Richard Quest is back in South Africa where he chaired sessions at the 2023 African Indaba in Durban and ended up befriending Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille.
“Despite criminals doing the best they could to wipe out 87-year-old airline, they failed,” writes Paul O’Sullivan of SAA.
Simon Newton-Smith explains how a cautious, modernised approach to managing SAA is already starting to aid the national carrier’s recovery.
“We have progressed the due diligence process of SAA, which is now substantially complete, and no material issues have been identified.”
“That Mr Zuma has eventually been brought to justice shows that battles are worth fighting even when the odds against winning seem so great.”
Tito Mboweni recently asked his Twitter followers what should be done about SAA. The Twitterverse was all too happy to respond.
State-owned airline SAA finds itself in a debt guarantee deadlock with the government; meanwhile, leaders are torn on the future of the ill-fated airline.
Every passenger on every SA Express flight is obscenely subsidised with money diverted from poverty relief and tax payers by approximately R3,850 (R7,700 return).
Instead of throwing out platitudes and going on a PR-offensive, Tito Mboweni dropped his guard over a long day of eating and drinking.