VTS, my information is that the FAA did indeed visit with the clowns in Treur Close Waterfall Park.
They (the FAA) were unhappy about the type of person the SACAA were sending on inspections. They (the FAA) alleged that the inspectors are poorly qualified, have no experience and are not on par with the FAA inspectors performing the same duties. (this we all know)
They (the FAA) instructed the SACAA to get their house in order, employ suitably qualified people and make sure that the inspectors they send to the USA on inspections are not some exiled
from Swaziland, Lesotho, Botswana, Nigeria, Uganda etc. employed in South Africa because he has the right skin color. Its common knowledge that the majority of the clowns employed at the SACAA have no friggin clue. For this reason, apparently so, the SACAA Board have decided to re-employ some suitably qualified white faces on a contract basis.
Should they fail, they (the FAA) will not allow any South African registered aircraft into its airspace, and they categorically stated that SAA can then fly its passengers into Mexico, and bus them into the USA. Class act my man, class act!
It sure will be interesting to see how the situation develops.