Readers’Views

Which airline would want to partner with such a loser?

The article “Plan to rescue SAA in limbo” (December 1) refers.

At last, some intelligent thought from someone who was obviously thinking ahead.

If the board and the minister had acted expeditiously on these recommendations, SAA may have been saved ... now it is too late (who would want to partner with such a losing proposition?).

The best we can do now is to kill off the SAA vampire and sell off the parts to any willing takers.

Andrew Merrifield, on businessLIVE

Which sane and profitable airline would want to partner with the SAA turkeys? Apologies to feathered turkeys.

Geoff Smailes, on businessLIVE

How unfortunate that two South African industry players chose to announce publicly that they would no longer sell SAA tickets.

How unfortunate that these companies chose to make such a devastating announcement at a time when the travel industry should be rallying around the national airline in a show of confidence that would be in the national interest to ensure its survival.

It should be clear to all industry players that there could be solutions and, with the political will and some intelligent creativeness, SAA could well survive, if not in its current structure then via an equity partner, business rescue or the formation of a new entity with sufficient muscle to weather this storm.

Allan Wolman, Tel Baruch, Israel

Municipalities a sad symptom

The article “Asked to sink cash into broken towns” (Newsmaker, December 1) is the sad history of the ANC’s rule.

It suffers a fundamental problem of not recognising maladministration in its early stages and then fails to remedy the situation, allowing the rot to reach epidemic levels.

The 200 failed municipalities are glaring examples of not understanding the vital role they play in delivering services and maintaining sound administration for local communities.

The ruling party needs to act in the best interests of SA and employ competent people to rapidly put the country on a recovery path.

Ted O’Connor, Johannesburg

Next time the ANC government puts together another Presidential Economic Advisory Council, Astral should invite all the economic luminaries to have their meetings in the Astral boardroom.

Maybe then reality will sink in. Johan van der Westhuizen, on businessLIVE

ANC stuck in ideological trap

Did we really expect a different [gross domestic product] outcome?

The ANC has become so ideologically trapped it cannot make the simplest economic or business decisions ... SAA, the government wage bill, and so on. We need urgent action, Mr Ramaphosa.

Guyck van Heerden, on businessLIVE