Shock-chip: SAA tender U-turn takes the biscuit, but it won’t say sorry

Protector says Cape biscuit firm was left with crumbs after Air Chefs bungled their snack deal

30 September 2020 - 19:54 By bobby jordan

Sorry seems to be the hardest word, especially for embattled national carrier South African Airways which is refusing to apologise to a Cape Town biscuit manufacturer seven years after messing up a tender which cost him millions in lost revenue...

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