Thanks SOE, the 343 indeed. SAA have been fighting a losing battle. With no upgrade of the long haul hardware and they have steadily withdrawn from European destinations over the last decade.
The legacy Euro carriers have cut huge swathes into the lucrative JNB + CPT routes. SAA has benefitted from a lot of interline agreements to do the regionals - not jsut with Star pax. Obviously One World has local carrier Comair.