There are so many worms in this can, even a sale price of R1 would be a risk. Ominously, record-keeping at SAA subsidiary SAA Technical SOC Limited – which maintains SAA, Mango, Comair and others – is no better. A lack of evidence of their inventory and an inability to verify the existence of some inventory items, meant the AG could not determine the value of inventory stated at R879-million. Informed sources say this and the 30% third party procurement policy introduced by previous chair Dudu Myeni are having a devastating impact on the operational efficiency of not only SAA and Mango but also Comair and others who use SAAT. The FMF has long been vocal on the solution. It is too late for business rescue, privatisation, selling SAA assets or turn around plans. SAA is broke and unfixable.