'SAA must leave nest'

15 January 2016 - 02:41

By Bianca Capazorio and Sipho Masombuka

State-owned enterprises such as SA Airways "must stand on their own two feet", Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday. He said that, instead of expecting bail-outs, parastatals should be paying dividends to the government.Speculation has been rife in the past week that SAA is struggling to meet its financial obligations.

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