Straight from the horse of the chief of the selection board at SAA's mouth :-
(1) The rumour that SAA will be looking for pilots outside of SA to fill the BEE gap is not true. Anyone that is not a south african citizen will not be considered. The only foreign pilots that will be flying for SAA are contractors on a wet lease over the world cup on foreign aircraft to help SAA with the excess flying demands.
(2) White females are no longer considered 'previously disadvantaged'.....so this will make it harder for them to get into SAA.
(3) There are 47 SAA cadets that need to get into SAA before SAA will even consider looking at any other pilot applications and at this stage there are too many pilots in SAA so its not looking good for folks that are hoping to get in this year.
(4) The previous number of 231 pilots needed for SAA's expansion from 2011 to 2013 is not going to happen anymore as SAA have cancelled their order of 4 long haul A/C and 4 shorthaul A/C. The only A/C SAA are still getting are the 330's to replace the 340-200's that are leaving.