November 22, 2019.

For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Thabi Madiba.

Making headlines:

SAA cabin crew trickle back as no-work, no-pay begins to bite

Early-morning breakdowns, but Eskom not expecting load-shedding

And, South Sudan is facing food shortages

 

SAA cabin crew trickle back as no-work, no-pay begins to bite

Cabin crew are returning to work at a growing pace as the wage strike at South African Airways begins to bite with the imposition of a strict no-work, no-pay policy.

News agencies are reporting that Numsa is about to announce an end to the strike after a wage agreement was struck to end the eight-day long strike at the national carrier.

SAA has resumed some operations this week and it announced yesterday that it would not be able to make payroll as the strike bites revenues. Board member Martin Kingston said earlier in the week that the airline was losing about R50-million a day due to the strike.

 

Early-morning breakdowns, but Eskom not expecting load-shedding

Eskom said today that it does not expect any load-shedding during the day, despite what it described as a constrained and vulnerable electricity system.

Eskom said generating plants are still performing at very low levels of reliability, with some unplanned breakdowns at 06:00 this morning.

The system is closely monitored, but any unexpected shift, such as additional unplanned breakdowns, could result in load-shedding at short notice.

Eskom has not yet provided an indication of the prospects of load-shedding for the weekend.

 

South Sudan is facing food shortages

The United Nations Food Agricultural Organisation reports that food aid is needed in South Sudan as the country is facing a food shortfall of 700 000 metric tonnes, owing to the devastating floods that have hit parts of the country.

The organisation’s country representative for South Sudan Meshack Malo said the current floods could affect farmers expected to be harvesting produce.

Malo added that in addition to the need for more food aid, increased investment in the agriculture sector to alleviate the food deficit was also necessary.

 

That’s a roundup of news making headlines

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