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State-owned airline South African Airways (SAA) announced on Friday that it had reached agreement with trade unions to end a seven-day long strike. The unions were the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa and the South African Airways Cabin Crew Association. The agreement was ratified by all three parties on Thursday.

The workers will get a 5.9% pay increase with effect from February 2020 payday. This increase will be backdated to April 1, 2019. The payment of the first six months (April to September 2019) of backpay would be paid on payday March 2020. The remaining four months backpay would be paid in April 2020. The implementation of these financial provisions was dependent on SAA having the necessary funding.