RC 261026Power FMTehillah Niselow
Monday, 26 October 2026
SAA's cash-flow strain and a Bronkhorstspruit water-contamination crisis dominated this Monday Power Business, with Brazil's narrow election result and Vlakplaas testimony also featuring.
- 18:48
SAA is paying staff salaries in stages for a second consecutive month, as fuel costs rise and the airline faces uncertainty over its leadership.
- 18:51
SAA has received a roughly R1 billion government guarantee to support working capital, but it is not a cash injection, so the airline must still borrow from the market.
- 19:31
Illnesses linked to contaminated water in Bronkhorstspruit rose from over 400 to 833, though the water minister says that does not in itself mean an outbreak.
- 19:02
Former Vlakplaas commander Eugene de Kock told the TRC inquiry that apartheid generals and politicians knew of the unit's operations, and that several of them were absolved of prosecution.