SAA needs about R10.5 billion to restart. (Yunus Mohamed/Photo24) Government will provide initial funding to cover certain restructuring costs for SAA, says Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan.SAA needs about R10.5 billion to restart - for workers severance packages, to pay creditors and cover operational costs.Ethiopian Airlines is allegedly seeking control, possibly in the form…
Public Protector Busisiwe Mkwhebane. Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan and Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane are going head-to-head in court.The matter is concerning Mkhwebane's report on the establishment of an intelligence unit at SARS.It is being heard by the Gauteng High Court virtually.Judges have pressed the legal team of Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane on whether she…
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan (Picture: Getty Images) Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan's lawyers have argued there is no evidence he was complicit in the establishment of an illegal unit in SARS. His lawyer, Wim Trengove SC, said there was also no evidence of any illegal wiretapping, despite controversy around this.Gordhan has taken the Public…
Pravin Gordhan Jeffrey Abrahams, Gallo Images via Getty Images Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and Minister Pravin Gordhan went head-to-head in court.Gordhan's legal team argued that Mkhwebane had not shown any special circumstances for investigating the complaints against the so-called SARS "rogue unit". Gordhan's team also slammed Mkhwebane for allegedly abusing her powers and doing serious damage…
Minister of Public Entreprises Pravin Gordhan says they are not going to liquidate SAA and business rescue practitioners must turn it around. Photo by Misheck Makora Minister of Public Enterprises, Pravin Gordhan, said the government has yet to determine how the rescue of South African Airways will be funded. Public Enterprises and National Treasury said…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…