BusinessTech reports that South African Airways (SAA) has launched an app ‘to promote communication between management and its employees’.  

This comes as the state owned airline denied media reports that it has tried to block staff from accessing negative stories about the company.  The app will enable employees to interact with the chief executive officer, Vuyani Jarana, and management in a more direct and secure manner, SAA said.  The app can be downloaded on company-issued mobile devices as well as on personal devices to those employees who have access to computers only.  “The intention here is to enable communication through as many channels as possible for employees to use what is convenient to them,” said SAA spokesperson, Tlali Tlali.  He went on to comment:  “We are astounded by bizarre claims that the airline has taken steps to prevent its employees from accessing negative stories about the company using its equipment (company issued mobile devices and computers).  This is not only untrue, but also impossible to implement at SAA.”  He added that the airline has no record of having communicated any such decision or taking steps to block employee access to content.

• Read this report in full at BusinessTech
• Read too, SAA staff blocked from reading negative articles on work laptops and phones, at Timeslive

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