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SAA’s business rescue plan becomes an eye-opener for transport sector; govt to establish national shipping carrier

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Logistics Update Africa
SAA’s business rescue plan becomes an eye-opener for transport sector; govt to establish national shipping carrier

December 18, 2019: South African Airways (SAA), which is undergoing business rescue as of now in the face of liquidation, is bringing certain revolution in the South African transport sector.

The government is planning to establish a national shipping carrier as part of a push to transform the transportation sector, particularly in the maritime and aviation industries.

The country has been without a national carrier since Maersk acquired South African shipping line Safmarine in 1999.

While SAA joins a long list of state-owned entities that were either looted at the height of state capture or are mired in deep financial trouble.

As reported by Business Live, transport minister Fikile Mbalula announced last week that the government has taken over the running of embattled Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) for a year.

Mbalula said in written responses to questions published in parliament that the government was looking into the establishment of a national shipping carrier as a means of building strategic national shipping capacity and capability.

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