SAA is receiving conflicting orders from Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and President Jacob Zuma, which is what is hindering the unprofitable state-owned airline from making a full recovery, acting chief executive Musa Zwane has stated. The carrier needed firm decisions on whether SAA should be privatised, how it should be capitalised, the make-up of a new board and a new chief, Zwane said. Zwane is attempting to restructure SAA’s debt to reduce the interest rate charged on loans to less than 6% from an average of 8%, he said. Treasury director-general Lungisa Fuzile said on Friday on CNBC Africa that

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