LETTER: ANC’s pride is why SAA will not be shut down
By June SA’s taxpayers, will be writing another multi-billion rand cheque
I refer to the Business Day article by Peter Bruce (“ANC is stealing money to throw at eternally nosediving SAA (ANC%20is stealing money to throw at eternally nosediving SAA)” (ANC is stealing money to throw at eternally nosediving SAA)) and other SAA coverage.
Bruce is wrong about the “free flight” point. Government employees get vouchers to fly. So SAA does, in fact, get revenue for its government passengers. The current 20% load factor is really an indication that the paying public has completely abandoned SAA, former public protector Thuli Madonsela not withstanding. It means that, in effect, the only people flying SAA are government employees...
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