Workers of South African Airways hold placards during a strike over wages and job cuts at SAA headquarters in Kempton Park. to urgently intervene in the ongoing strike at the airline.This after SAA workers who are members Numsa and the South African Cabin Crew Association embarked on a wage strike which started on Friday.
Numsa General-Secretary Irvin Jim says: “We are now attending a negotiation process which will be facilitated by the CCMA. From where we are sitting, we think that SAA can be saved and be turned around. We are of the view that some in government have taken a view that unless SAA is privatised, there can be no other solution.”
Meanwhile, the Inkatha Freedom Party has requested National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise to urgently schedule a debate on SAA. IFP Chief Whip Narend Singh says they have written a letter to Modise requesting Parliament to collectively discuss solutions to the current challenges facing SAA.