The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is calling for a boycott if the state "wastes" more funds on SAA.

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced during his Medium-Term Budget speech that the money will be given to the airline to implement its business rescue plan.

Outa's Wayne Duvenage believes there is no reason for the country to continue holding on to the airline.

"The world has let go of its loss-making airlines, and we don't need to be throwing any more resources at this airline because we can't afford it," said Duvenage.

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