Personally i reckon if you hire pilots from other countries thats fine - BUT a policy based on skin colour only when you have ample of your own citizens is an outright DISGRACE!!!!
At Cx and Ek you are hired from elsewhere due to a shortage of local suitable candidates and not a policy based on rectifying a demographic.
Paddy, exactly which SA pilots are you referring to? The one's that have UK and EU passports....Because they ARE actually allowed there as much as you are!!!!!!
Unlike pilots that according to this rumour would be joining a South African Airline from other African countries without South African passports.
I hope that this is just a rumour as it would be a very sad day for SA aviation.