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FinMin questions SAA bailout in late night musings
Tito Mboweni has questioned the need to keep the national carrier afloat, in late night musings on social media.
By John Bowker
(Bloomberg) –South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni again expressed his doubts about the need for a national airline less than a month after agreeing to find the cash for a R10.5 bn ($685 mn) bailout of the stricken carrier.
In a series of late-night tweets, Mboweni asked his near 1 million followers whether the country requires state-owned South African Airways or whether a private company should be given the chance to come in and fill the gap left by its demise.
"Where there is a market gap, a vacuum in a market, an airline will emerge to fill the gap! Will it!?" the minister said.