RC 261028Cape TalkStephen Grootes
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
SAA dominated the episode as Mpilo Dlamini defended staggered salary payments and refused to rule out more state money, while a Vacation Hub International liquidation exposé and a reform tracker update rounded out the show.
- 18:46
SAA confirmed it staggered pay: about 70% of staff were paid on the 27th, while management, pilots and executives were paid a day or two later, which Mpilo Dlamini blamed on jet fuel costs.
- 18:51
Dlamini said SAA would not ask government for cash, relying instead on a R1 billion government guarantee to raise capital from financial markets, though he did not rule out a strategic equity partner.
- 19:27
Vacation Hub International has been in provisional liquidation since 14 November last year, yet is still trading and taking member fees, with its website making no mention of the liquidation.
- 18:13
Business Leadership SA's reform tracker shows momentum picked up in the September quarter, with the NTCSA clearing its backlog of curtailment payments owed to renewable energy producers at the end of August.
- 18:21
No preferred bidders were appointed in the first round of the gas IPP programme, and energy expert Jose Moleshe says poor coordination and missing gas infrastructure are to blame, with industrial supply from Mozambique ending in 2028.