I have only ever heard good things about the ATC at JNB
Same here, hence my questions. Also do not mix up airport management and ATC , 2 totally diffferent entities belonging to 2 different companies.
ATC is run by ATNS, one of the most respected Air Service Providers and probably, together with Ghana, the best there is in Africa.
Does not mean a error cannot be made, but my own " initial knee-jerk" reaction to this accident would not be thinking about ATC first.