FlySafair cancels 26 flights amid pilot’s wage strike

Stranded FlySafair passengers at OR Tambo International Airport on July 21, 2025. FlySafair says it had to cancel 26 flights, which account for 13% of its operations amid the wage strike by pilots, which started yesterday. The airline’s pilots have rejected the airline’s 5.7% wage increase offer, sticking to their demand of a 10.5% hike….

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Only 12% of flights affected by pilots’ strike: FlySafair

FILE | FlySafair Boeing 737-800 plane. FlySafair says only 12% of their flights have been cancelled following the pilots’ stayaway strike. The escalating standoff with Solidarity, which represents the pilots threatens to disrupt flights for up to two weeks, jeopardising passenger confidence and putting pressure on the airline’s management to return to the negotiating table….

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EFF proposes automatic voter registration at age 16

The ID scanning device, also called the zip-zip machine is used to confirm the registration status of a voter. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has tabled a private member’s bill in Parliament to amend the Electoral Act of 1998. The proposed legislation aims to automatically register all South African citizens on the national voters’ roll…

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