04/06/2026
Despite his claim, Wouter Botes is certainly NOT the person who knows the most about this incident. He is way out of his depth and relies on partial false information.
The plane was NEVER LOST. There was a Memo to the Minister of Transport that 21 bodies were found at 2200hr i.e. before families had returned home from the airport in Johannesburg. Then all was denied.
We are so tired of these false claims.
He has not had the support of one victims’ family member. He provides no closure, rather cruelly taunts recurrent trauma.
He accuses families of being emotional and thus unable to see objectivity, yet they have the proof of gross Human Rights Violations.
His CHARADE is like a MURDER with no apparent body. Picture this:
Without consent from the relatives, he claims to locate the dead body. No proof that it is a body, nor that it is THE body. Because he reads crime novels, he claims that he knows what happened: the boss was the murderer and even though there is no weapon, he can tell it was revenge. And the parade goes on and on. The boss is maligned; the company should be responsible. Official reports were cobbled together to close the case. Essential evidence was hidden. Sworn statements of secrecy were taken from witness.
Without full and concrete evidence, he makes leaps and jumps to conclusions.
Funny how he calls it an “Unsolved Crime”!
As a Pilot he might question why normal crash investigations were suspended and Railway Police assumed control.
Finally, after all these years, current official investigations will reveal the full story as our case continues in the Khampepe Inquiry into TRC Cases.
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Wouter Botes does not work for the government.
He has no official mandate.
He simply goes looking for the planes nobody else will find, in the places nobody else is willing to go.
Cold case aviation investigation.
Families who have waited decades for an answer.
One South African who decided that was not good enough.
This is the kind of story Moxie exists to tell.
Read it in June Edition at moxiemag.co.za.
