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Commission recommends conditional approval of Takatso/SAA merger

The Competition Commission (“Commission”) has recommended that the Competition Tribunal (“Tribunal”) approve the proposed merger between Takatso Aviation Proprietary Limited (“Takatso”) and South African Airways...

by Competition Commission South Africa

Commission urges airlines to be sensitive to the plight of consumers amid suspension of Comair flights

The Competition Commission of South Africa has noted the announcement made by Comair to effectively suspend all British Airways (operated by Comair Pty Ltd) and...

by Competition Commission South Africa

Overview of the main findings and recommendations of Part 1 of the Report by the State Capture Commission

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector Including Organs of State (the Commission), chaired by Acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo released part 1 of its report on 4 January 2022. The complete…

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by Cohen Grootboom

Understanding the concept of a delinquent director

The former South African Airways chairperson, Duduzile Myeni (Myeni), was declared a delinquent director by the provincial division of the Gauteng High Court. Namely, because she failed to perform her duties as a director of a company as prescribed by the common…

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by Delon Small

Restructuring of SAA under the spotlight

The transformation of South African Airways (SAA) into a competitive airline will require sacrifices and a major restructuring. The public enterprises department confirmed this in a...

by Sabinet

SAA retrenchment process heads to Labour Appeal Court following minor victory for workers

On Friday 8 May 2020, Labour Court Judge Andre Van Niekerk delivered a devastating blow to the national airline’s “premature” retrenchment process which is set...

by Letwaba Malesela

POPI Act is good business practice

Recently, the Information Regulator approached South Africa’s President to issue a commencement date of 1 April 2020 for the remaining provisions of the POPI Act. The...

by Danie Strachan

SAA wage dispute and strike

Given the financial circumstances of SAA and the fact that the taxpayers of South Africa effectively subsidise SAA, the present stance of the recognised Unions...

by Rod Harper

What would it take to heal the SAA bird’s broken wing?

On 8 August 2016 the High Court ordered South African Airways (“SAA”) to pay more than R104 million to liquidated airline Nationwide, for damages caused...

by Ahmore Burger-Smidt

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