South Africa: MEC David Maynier On Bailout of State-Owned Airline South African Airways

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We are concerned that provincial budgets will be raided to fund the R10.5 billion to bailout zombie state-owned airline South African Airways (SAA).

So, last week I wrote to the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, to raise my concerns about the decision by national government to provide yet another bailout to SAA, saying:

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