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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has announced that the government has allocated another R10.5 billion to the failed airline.
JOHANNESBURG – South African Airways (SAA) staff are calling on citizens to give the failed airline “one more chance” after the backlash over the government’s latest decision to allocate billions of taxpayer rand to SAA.
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced on Wednesday that the government allocated another R10.5 billion to the bankrupt airline.
This money will be made available by reducing funds allocated to national departments and their entities, as well as cutting grants from provincial and local governments.
The president of the South African Association of Cabin Crew Members, Zazi Sibanyoni-Mugambi, said this latest taxpayer bailout would only work if the administration committed itself to ensuring that the money did not go down the drain.
“The government is fully responsible for the situation at SAA. As a shareholder, they have been at the forefront of the years and years of corruption at SAA, not the workers. We have to do it well this time, we ask for it to allow SAA to have the opportunity to survive and not be a burden for the taxpayer ”.
Wayne Duvenage of the Undoing Tax Abuse Organization said this money would be better spent by the National Tax Authority, the education sector, or even on much-needed housing.
“We have bigger problems and bigger things to do with that R10.5 billion.”
The South African National Metalworkers Union, Irvin Jim, said this boycott was foolish, while the Cabin Crewmen’s Association warned South Africans that boycotting the airline would only mean another waste of taxpayer money.
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