A secret South African cabinet memorandum document purportedly signed by the Minister of Finance Malusi Gigaba requesting President Jacob Zuma, and his cabinet to approve a 10 billion rand bailout to save the cash-strapped South African Airline was leaked to the DA in parliament. The document also revealed that Gigaba requested for Telkom's assert to be sold for the recapitalisation of SAA. Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa could either deny or confirm the authenticity of the document except to say-if at all the proposal comes to fruition, it will require more debate from all the stakeholders. SAA for so long has relied on government guarantees to obtain loans to fund its loss-making operations. Abongwe Kobokana reports.