Be very sad to see if they do go.The first flight I ever made was as a starry eyed 10 year old on a SAA Boeing 707 from LHR to JNB .Fostered a lifelong interest in aviation. SAA survived a lot of flak that was thrown its way, it maintained a large European network flying `round the bulge` refuelling at Ilha do Sal enroute to London, Lisbon, Rome, Athens, Frankfurt and others. Its Pilots were ex military and highly trained as were its engineers. It was the best airline in Africa, and yes the Pretoria Govt put a lot of money in, as opposed to today when they just screw it..
Its fallen a long way, but it will survive, only to just limp along and contract even further from what it could and should have been. Very sad