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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 3 Aug 2017

    South African Airways 'is on verge of bankruptcy' http://bbc.in/2uZT8JJ pic.twitter.com/rO7eJhHmzW

    5:10 AM - 3 Aug 2017
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    • 🚫 Ntensibe Edgar I'M KEENAN Uleyo Bright the legends arts Anna Patterson ANITA SCOTT Ernie RockSton3
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      1. Robinson kiralire‏ @kiralirerobinso 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        tricky business it is

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      1. Elok Permata‏ @elokpermata 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        😱😱😱😱

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      1. Mr. Moneiemang‏ @MMakgasa 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Sell to the Guptas or search the Guptas

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      1. Monde Sibisi‏ @MondeTSibisi 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Solution, privatise it

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      1. Electronic Bushman ⚡‏ @SolamSigabi 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Not really. They'll find their money once they search the pockets of the top executives.

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      1. Owor Moses Alew‏ @moses123000 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        sorry welcome to Uganda where life is in the hands of business men like Museveni

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      1. InSight Earth‏ @inSdrc 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        No way!!!!!!! How is it possible?

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      1. Alfeia‏ @Alfeia 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        What

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      1. Tinashe‏ @tinaseh 7 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        It's because their tickets are so expensive

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      1. KEM_Me‏ @kmarope 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The results of Radica Economic Transformation. They're the ones who instruct us to appoint incompetent people and to be corrupt.

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      1. Ian Cooper‏ @ian_icphotos 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Verge? They have been bankrupt for ages already it's just been swept under the carpet like so many other things!

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      1. Lolo‏ @rumbiey 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Eeeish

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      1. omuzinyi omulungi‏ @omuzinyiomulung 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Amazing 😉

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      1. mwaura mathai‏ @jonimwafitness 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We have to rely now on witchcraft

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      1. Isaac peter‏ @isaacspetah 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        like kenya how is the governance, we can see how poor our leaders are, but cant act

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      2. Yvonne K- Banda‏ @Nabanda 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @TiwongeG mukumva koma?

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      3. Tiwonge Gawa‏ @TiwongeG 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @Nabanda

        Shaaaaa!! Yalakwa.

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      1. Johnson Ngugi‏ @jngugiKE 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        What is ailing African airlines? Ethiopian Airways seem to be the only one doing well

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      1. Okello Fred‏ @FredOkello13 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @WaihigaMwaura

        Ours iko ndaani ndaani ndaaaaaani ya hiyo bankruptcy @theprideofAfrica

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      1. Betty Abeng‏ @Bejotia 3 Aug 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Every one seems to want Zuma out

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