"The 3 737's were "basic" aircraft that they bought when they became redundant from SAA. They weren't "given" anything."
Yes, I remember these. Weren't they quietly sold to Comair for an undisclosed sum, instead of following the tender procedures normally associated with Transnet (hence SAA).
I also seem to remember that Flitestar were very keen to get their mitts on them (after discovering the A320's were rather expensive to operate), even to the extent of taking the issue to court. Apparently the SAA management of the time saw Comair (being leisure orientated) as less of a rival than Flightstar (business orientated). I think Flitestar collapsed before the case went to court.