The SACAA is prevaricating when they say they were never consulted to comment on the report before it was finalised. (ICAO Annex 13).
It states that the investigating state shall issue a draft final report to the affected parties for their comments The report was send to South Africa in August 2021 and all affected parties for their comments and send their comment to the Ethiopian AAIB.
The next stage was to incorporate the comments and release the final report to the published.
I hear that the CAA claim they were never consulted. The delay in releasing the report smacks a coverup. Kudos to Fikile Mbalula for correctly interpreting public perception and publishing the report, which he did on Sunday 23 January 2021.
The truth will out.