and this is a business africa good to have you with us and we're starting with beleaguered south african airways workers went on strike today to demand higher wages and protest plan to job cuts forcing the state owned carrier to cancel all flights south african airways which is africa's 2nd largest carrier has warned that the strike endangers the company's future. south african airways check in counters of cape town are deserted and right across the country passengers are beseeching the airline's information counters with one question in mind where does it go to from here stephanie to pass that. motion and then tell them and tell us what you have. to have no noise formation at all nothing i just landed. about half an hour but i had no idea the flight workouts of or anything like that. the airlines cabin staff are responding to a call by 2 unions to walk out the protest is aimed especially at swindling job cuts announced by management $1000.00 of the company's $5100.00 jobs are to be axed just under 20 percent south african airways will begin resuming international flights on sunday but says dome

many over the years and although you saw people in the teacher saying like ok we can't do south african airways there's also more and more people here in south africa that are actually saying or so i'll march taxpayer money going to south african airways and not is enough you know what we know now is that they probably won't do not have bailout dismiss school year south africa is already under huge. restraint. so what what hamas has done so far is it's sending his minister of public enterprises who are the very capable men the stuff to do you know through south african airways as you try and folks sense into them saying to the strike us like this we have to restructure our ways this company will survive that will mean job losses and we also call on the fort hood to increase in salaries that you're asking for and see the asking understand it because otherwise this company almost and all of you will lose your jobs that was what happens if indeed goes under what does it mean for the south african economy. well south african airways itself actually was quite hopeful still today they've been saying

nights and acts of courage for hundreds of south african airways staff have gone on strike calling for an increase in wages but also protesting against job cuts that are part of their alliance restructuring plan south african airways has announced it will reduce its workforce by almost a 5th and its flights have been canceled for friday and saturday in miller's live from johannesburg now so how is this affecting passengers to meet up. well passengers here are severely affected just behind us there is a queue of people waiting to get some sort of relief from south african airways their flights have been canceled they traveling many of them domestically and regionally and now they have no way to get to their destinations they say that the airline is offering to reschedule their flights but the issue is they don't know how long that will take not one of the passengers who's at the airport and stranded is darrell holden he's traveling he's traveled from islands to south africa plans to go to durban but now he's stuck at the airport just how frustrating is the sterile. insists surfer straig

way down by nearly $2000000000.00 of debt but the south african government has refused another bailout for the form a state and on. the south african airways strike is a reflection of the broader woes afflicting the south african economy thousands of s.a.a. stuff went on strike more than a week ago after the flag carrier failed to meet a number of key demands including for higher wages and job insourcing strike cost of $3000000.00 euros a day. s.a.a. is in terrible financial shape itself and with heavy debt and hasn't turned a profit since 2011 it survived with government bailouts. both sides in the dispute agree to a 5.9 percent salary increase to be paid out in march however this depends on funds actually being available unions had sought an 8 percent increase. s.a.a. says unions have agreed to instruct their members to return to work by saturday it expects schedules to return to normal by sunday. and as wynton is many of us in countries closer to the polls can see huge flocks of geese making their way to warmer climes then to take flights of many hundreds of kilometers and one of the ways they save energy is to fly in their familiar v.

south african airways workers have gone strike to demand higher wages and to protest against job cuts that he destroyed because force these struggling states would carrier to cancel dozens of flights south african airways hasn't turned a profit since 20 a month and the noise on state bailouts says the coats will cost more than $3000000.00 u.s. dollars per day for me to miller has the latest from johannesburg. just some of the workers who have gone on strike have come out to protest nearby the overtime boat international airport to their outside the south african airways offices and the aim here used to bring the airlines operations to a standstill people here are asking for an 80 percent increase in pay the airline is offering $5.00 but people here say their protest goes beyond a payroll this is also about the outsourcing of workers and giving out contracts when the money can be saved by the airline if the airline uses the people its employees this is very much for the people here about an airline that is in disarray its has set of a quarter 3 quarters of a $1000000000.00 the company

divisions and departments except the low cost carrier mungo airships and the technical unit south african airways is one of several state owned companies that are fighting poor finances of the years of mismanagement and alleged corruption the government is talking with potential investors in the airline to ease the burden on the national budget. well he's known as the father of rural innovation bernard kiviat was just 16 when he started inventing things and it's still what he loves doing most and he also loves sharing his knowledge we visited his innovation hop in tanzania. bernat has long been interested in energy and how to produce it it's something he's taught himself a lot about over the years he developed this machine to flatten flexible cubes to drip irrigation. as an inventor it's your job to come up with something useful. i realize that people were ignoring the environment even though it's of central importance to human beings. so i began developing ideas that will make a difference to the environment. he started at home by using wind to generate electricity this turbine powers his homema

the south african airways strike is a reflection of the broader woes afflicting the south african economy thousands of essay stops went on strike more than a week ago after the flag carrier failed to meet a number of key demands including for higher wages and job insourcing. to 3000000 euros a day. essays in terrible financial shape it's with heavy debt and hasn't turned a profit since 2011 it survived with government bailouts. both sides in the dispute agree to a 5.9 percent salary increase to be paid out in march however this depends on funds actually being available unions that sought an 8 percent increase. s.a.a. says unions have agreed to instruct their members to return to work by saturday it expects schedules to return to normal by sunday. and i say is not the only economic bush the government has to deal with this week global steel john also mittal announced it will begin shutting down its saldana steel plants that would put thousands out of work at the plant and in the local supply chain and in the country well employment is that 29 percent with youth unemployment at a staggering

south african airways is running out of cash and could be liquidated if the government doesn't step in soon according to one of its board members trade unions are also threatening to escalate a crippling strike that started after wage talks turned sour last week and the airline said it would cut almost 20 percent of its staff state owned s.a.a. has racked up losses of almost $2000000000.00 over the past 13 years. late last week thousands of south african airways workers embark on an open ended strike they want higher wages but the company has rejected their demands and threatened layoffs hundreds of flights out to be counseled as the strike got underway passengers reacted with more or less empathy. i will never fly if i ever have and i've got to get that far come back to believe i have to go to south africa they have. just been so inconvenient it's costing me a lot of money you know ok the company was ready you know. i didn't have a ticket but they putting me on another flight workers may have a point i don't know all the intricacies of it but i am very fearful for the economy because

which are all right rob mcbride with the latest from hong kong rob thank you thousands of south african airways staff have gone on strike calling for an increase in wages also protesting job cuts that are part of the airline's restructuring plan and south african airways has announced it will reduce its workforce by almost 5th and u.s. flights have been canceled for friday and saturday meaning miller is live from johannesburg. and can see the striking workers behind their affected passengers are affected as well from media. well a few 100 of those workers have gathered here not from from our tom boy international airport the protesters happening here stranded passengers awaiting at the airport to see if their flights can be rescheduled and if they can continue with their plans but this is exactly the aim that the protesters here what of in that they want to bring in at the airline to a standstill they're protesting the potential job cuts possibly 900 people could lose their jobs at the national carrier now what is also angered fueled the ngo by people here is that this could have been avoided t

australia has been criticized for how it treats asylum seekers hundreds of south african airways staff have gone on strike calling for an increase in wages also protesting job cuts that are part of the airline's restructuring plan south african airways has announced it will reduce its workforce by almost a 5th and many of its flights have been canceled or friday and saturday. 2 students have been killed and several wounded in california after one of their classmates opened fire at a high school police say 6 the 16 year old suspect is now in the hospital after shooting himself this happened in the city of santa clarita the sheriff's office believes the gunman acted alone but say they are actively investigating all leads and so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera at the top of the hour i have another bolzan for you in the meantime the strain is next. it was during the interstate. mission is to give the critics on the cutting the budget and making this country a great place although it pretty much is the. drama of bricks it on al-jazeera. welcome to the stream team has bought health

defense more in egypt it's risking sanctions and urged to cancel the deal now thousands of south african airways stahl have gone on strike quoting for an increase in wages they're also protesting against job cuts that are part of the airline's restructuring plan south african airways has announced 100 use its workforce by moving a 1st many of its flights have been cancelled on friday and saturday let's go to our correspondent farm in the militias joining us live from johannesburg with what's happening behind you from into. my well let's give a few 100 protesters here some of those striking workers you just mentioned have gathered close to the art tumble international airport to demonstrate against the job cuts but also wanting certain demands be met and many of those demands revolve around the disarray that south african airways finds itself in the 2 to a number of reasons many a match of it around looting corruption and just poor management but to give us a better idea of some of those demands respect to what i believe to be much older she's the spokesperson for the national union of metalworke

thousands of south african airways staff have gone on strike calling for an increase in wages also protesting against job cuts that are part of the airline's restructuring plan south african airways has announced over to support force by almost a 5th any of its flights had been cancelled for friday and saturday turkey has deported 7 german citizens it says are linked to eisele the 2 men are women and a child landed at for lands table airport overnight their deportations are part of an effort by turkey to reach patriot 4 in ice all fighters held in turkish jails and the u.k. counter-terrorism police arrested a man at heathrow airport hours after turkey said it had deported a british eisel suspect dominic cain has more from berlin. turkey is proceeding with its deportations of european citizens it believes are not conducive to the public good in its country who it suspects of being involved in activities to do with i saw in the middle east the latest group to return to germany 2 women who it is reported are under investigation and the reporting suggests that these 2 women are to be questioned a

embattled south african airways is resuming flights to 6 african destinations including lagos and across canceling some domestic flights in the next 2 days the state owned allen has canceled hundreds of flights since a cabin staff strike over wages began on friday it says the stoppage is costing it $15000000.00 rand that's $3300000.00 per day. now several asian airlines have canceled flights to hong kong as months of civil unrest grows increasingly violent and disruptive carriers blamed a drop in demand as customers fear for their safety and all this pro-democracy demonstrators paralyzed hong kong airport for days causing hundreds of flights to be canceled the crisis and the ongoing us china trade will have tipped the financial hub into recession for the 1st time in a decade. good news from the dubai asho the european plane make assigns 2 massive deals was worth a combined says he 1000000000 u.s. $1.01 airline is replacing its superjumbo a $380.00 fleet with the more than bought a 315 rival boeing also announced fresh orders even for its controversial and currently grounded 737 max. some

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again thank you very much alison delta into town for us now if you're planning on flying with south african airways any time soon you might need to make alternative arrangements cabin crew are starting a strike on friday to protest against plans to cut more than 900 dogs the airline hasn't turned a profit since 2011 and has relied on a government bailout to stay afloat unions representing some 3000 workers say the strike will continue indefinitely. in nigeria young professionals can only think of themselves when payday rolls then they have to consider the needs of their parents and other family members in a country with a lot of functioning social welfare coverage surviving also means turning to the young generation who then has to put their lives on hold. getting ready in the morning without running water isn't uncommon in many parts of lagos all abandoned solomon all of corn has to make the most out of his 5 metre square room. he works in a small saloon giving money curious and pedicures. very closely decided i think there's something so if you're going to go for it he can't afford to lose anothe

president breathing space for south african airways the carrier and trade unions have agreed a deal to end an 8 day strike. and v is 1st victory of us has what it hopes is a winning idea to save fuel inspired by migrating birds.

thousands of south african airways staff of gone on strike calling for an increase in wages they're also protesting against job cuts that are part of the airline's restructuring plan south african airways has announced it will hundreds its workforce i only a 1st many of its flights have been cancelled on friday and saturday. the former bolivian president is calling for international assistance to end the country's political crisis evo morales made the comments in mexico where he's been forced into exile after a disputed election result you're going to go it alone i have plenty of confidence in the un because we've had extensive talks at the un secretary-general he has a lot of social conscience plenty of commitment to the poor he should be the mediator not just a facilitator accompanied by the catholic church and of pope francis is needed we should add him but our correspondent toure is about has more now from the pas. thousands of protesters around bolivia's presidential palace they came here to show support to their leader everyone else. even better william when you ask is a 25 year ol

south african airways workers have gone on strike to demand higher wages and to protest against job cuts the 2 day strike has forced the struggling state owned carrier to cancel dozens of flights south african airways says the walkout will cost it more than $3000000.00 u.s. dollars a day the u.k.'s prince andrew says he let the royal family down by staying at the house of convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein he had been awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges when he took his own life in august the prince has now made his 1st public comments about his ties to abstain after footage emerged of him at the finances manhattan home about 10 years ago the problem was the fact that once he had been. convicted easter with my stable and that's that's that's the bit that. i kick myself for on a daily basis because it was not something that was becoming a member of family and we trying our polled the highest standards and practices and i let the side down some percent. of people in china do more of their shopping online then any other country in the world in many remote areas people of embrace

obviously it's not good because hong kong for not just focusing cathay pacific but also for south african airways malaysia's an asia group all the big airlines of the regions for them hong kong is the major destination and they've all had to come to flights due to the drop in passenger numbers in fact the hong kong airport authority reported for auto but i 13 percent drop in passenger numbers and a more than 6 percent drop in flights coming in and out and that's the steepest falls since those undress the political turmoil in hong kong began the good news is because there's a downside to cutting flights the good news is that all those airlines won't immediately news the air slots which normally would happen if you don't use them and i will be a problem because a it's very difficult to get an astronaut in hong kong airports because they lack capacity they're building a 3rd runway but that won't go into operation until 2024 so the hong kong civil aviation department said they'll suspend the so-called usage or roosted rule until march which is the end of the winter season that gives the airlines a li

south african airways has cancelled flights scheduled for friday and saturday because of a strike bycuts. the airline had hoped to avert the walkout, beginning at 0200 gmt on friday, with a revised wage offer, but unions rejected it in talks on thursday. saa been relying on state bailouts having failed to make a profit since 2011. the pop star taylor swift has said her performance at the upcoming american music awards is in doubt because she is being barred from performing her own songs. it's part of an ongoing row over the rights to some of her older songs. they were bought by music managers scooter braun and scott borchetta in a $300 million deal earlier this year and swift says they won't allow her to perform those songs. both of them are yet to respond. countries including australia, india and new zealand have asked for trade compensation from the uk and the eu over brexit disruption. 15 countries have set out concerns at world trade organisation meeting in geneva. monica miller is in singapore. talk us through what they have been saying. they have been arguing on behalf of beef

south african airways are on strike demanding higher wages and protesting against job cuts the stoppage has forced the struggling state and carrier to cancel dozens of its flights the airline says the walkout will cost it more than 3 $1000000.00 a day. germany etc step up its fight against climate change and the lower house of parliament has approved spending $60000000000.00 on new measures and introducing taxes for flights but the bill stonie the prey of a by the upper house john mccain has more from. getting this particular proposal through parliament is proving very difficult for the grand coalition because there are many elements of what's been proposed which many people in parliament just don't agree with the upshot of this is that this is going to cost somewhere around $60000000000.00 in the next few years and it involves the government and missing that its previous aspirations its targets to reduce emissions are not going to hit the time frame they said that they would several years ago what's in this particular package well fines for companies that are particularly polluting in

. >> south african airways workers have gone on strike to demand higher weaker -- wages and protect against they will cancel dozens of flights. they have not turned a profit since 2011. commit more than -- it will cost them more than 3 million u.s. dollars a day. the president of the democratic or public of congo says the outbreak should be over by the end of the year. he is hopeful the vaccine program is now working. 2000 people have been killed in the last year. we have a report. ebola outbreak started last year. these patients are waiting for news of their loved ones at this treatment center. even here, they are not allowed to sit close to or touch each other. they are being monitored for symptoms of ebola. smashare separated by the because of the relatives on the other side -- the status of the relatives is not clear. has just been confirmed. he has ebola. >> it must be hard. >> i am happy he is getting help. it is hard to see him and not be able to touch. i can only look at him through a glass. i hope soon, i can take him home. an ebolag into treatment center can feel frightening. cont

south african airways have come to an agreement with the airline after a week long strike employees have been promised a 5.9 percent wage increase walked out of their jobs earlier in the sponsor protest salaries and job cuts the stoppage forced the state owned carrier to cancel dozens of flights which cost the airline more than $3000000.00 a day. japan and south korea appeared to have reached a deal on intelligence sharing after months of escalating tensions south korea said it would extend that agreement just hours before it was set to expire japan now says it will resume trade discussions with seoul tokyo had increased taxes on south korean chemical products during the dispute i am tell you how many they need time to handle north korea the cooperation of japan south korea along with the cooperation with the u.s. is extremely important as i have said this repeatedly i think south korea has also made this decision based on a strategic point of view. russia is calling the united kingdom in a legal colonial occupier that's after the u.k. missed a deadline to return the chagos islands the u

workers unions and south african airways have come to an agreement with the airline after a week long strike employees been promised a 5.9 percent wage increase thousands walked out on their jobs earlier this month in protest against low salaries and job cuts the stoppage forced the states on carrier to cancel dozens of flights which cost the airline more than $3000000.00 a day. still to come here. for an adrenaline rush from a russian but is it enough to be novak djokovic in the davis cup the d.c.'s are back. strenuous bushfires continue to multiply with dozens starting in the south adding to the hundreds already burning in new south wales and queensland 6 mark as blanketed sydney while the state of victoria issued its 1st code red alert in a decade that's the worst possible fire condition shallop alice reports. ripping through forests and farmland the bushfires no no limit spreading to every corner of the country with the official start to summer still 10 days away this is unprecedented. firefighters in the states of victoria and south australia have joined colleagues in new south w

hoping will convert into votes for him bernard smith al-jazeera and a gumbo sri lanka are south african airways workers have gone on strike to demand higher wages and to protest against job cuts the strengths of force the struggling state owned carrier to cancel dozens of flights so the african airways hasn't turned a profit since 2011 it is reliant on state bailouts and says this walkout will cost them more than $3000000.00 u.s. dollars a day. the president of democratic republic of congo says the ebola outbreak should be over by the end of the year felix she scared is hopeful the vaccine program is now working but at least 2000 people have been killed in the past year catherine sawyer reports now from a treatment center in north. it was in monkey where the outbreak started last year and this relatives of patients are anxious here waiting for news of their loved ones at this treatment center they're away from where the seeker being treated but even here they're not allowed to sit close to or touch each other and they're also being monitored for symptoms of we're separated by this because the s

south african rugby fans welcome home they're all. ads coming up in support. of the. business updates brought to you by qatar airwaysing places together. the real. world. business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. the. good and the now in doha for the sport thank you so much barbara well south africa's old rugby team have returned home after their world cup triumph in japan the squad are now set to go on a 5 day victory tour around the country. sake lisa became the 1st white council to lift the trophy after the when i have it in one on saturday and south africa 1st warmest sadly 19 i see father was just born and it's highline up lisa says this sport can truly be described as a national city. they need and can be overcome with opportunity i think my drive when i was younger it was just going to training each and every single day i was preparing myself not knowing always it was always young those only 9 years old going to training engineers will day and i was always you prepared most of on the trinity just in case it came and when it did come you know i was really able to get with both. th