EDITORIAL | Saving SAA leaves SA's kids in the pit latrines

Beyond the rand and cents - even R10.5bn of them - saving SAA could cost the country for years to come

01 November 2020 - 18:29 By sunday times daily

So South African Airways has been saved... at a cost of R10.5bn. But beyond rand and cents - even this many of them - is a story of a bigger cost that could hurt the country for years to come...

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