South Africa on Friday seized an aircraft belonging to Tanzania's national carrier, Air Tanzania, over a farmer's $33-million compensation claim for land which Tanzania forcefully collected decades ago.

The Air Tanzania plane was seized at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport after it landed on a scheduled flight from the Tanzanian economic capital Dar es Salaam.

Lawyer Roger Wakefield of Werksmans Attorneys, a specialist in cross-border disputes, said the seizure followed an order granted by the High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday.

Here Is What Happened:
In the 1980s, according to Lawyer Roger Wakefield, the unnamed farmer was jailed for nine months while his massive privately-owned bean and seed farm, including equipment, 250 cars and 12 small planes, was seized by the Tanzanian government.

The government of Tanzania later agreed to compensate the Namibian-born Tanzanian farmer with $36m (₦13.1b) in the 1990s -- but the government only paid $20m (₦7.3b).

The outstanding balance of $16m (₦5.8b), which has accrued interest over the decades, now stands at $33m (₦11.9b).

The seized Airbus A220-300 aircraft, which was delivered brand new shortly before Christmas to Air Tanzania, is said to worth about $90m (₦32.6b), according to Wakefield.

The Lawyer said:

"If we have to auction it we certainly will" 

"It will remain under attachment until they pay the debt or put up security for the claim"

This is not the first time that an Air Tanzania plane will be seized. In 2017, an Air Tanzania Bombardier Q400 aircraft was seized by Canadian authorities over an unpaid debt of $38 million owed to a Canadian engineering company since 2010.

The Bombardier Q400 aircraft was released in March 2018 after Tanzania's prime minister and attorney general negotiated its release.

https://autojosh.com/south-africa-seizes-air-tanzania-n32-6b-aircraft-over-an-unpaid-debt-of-n11-9b/

When PID starts siezing Nigerias assets abroad, I hope it won't be something like this..

Yawa dey oo

This South Africa of a country no dey smile oh. The way their government brutalise and seizes other countries people and properties no be here

I dont have much things to say cos me self doesn't understand what the post is all about.
Can someone help me with that image of rushing to open a post ad going out of the post?

Are they just getting to know or is this the response to the ongoing feud between the 2?

SA eh. Their own too much

Wow.... Now that Japan prime minister is back he should seize pmb too. We don't mind

apcshit should be careful because the way this country keeps borrowing money one of these days, one country would seize our precious BUBU

but we don't mind they can keep him and do a research on him

yebo

South Africa things dey always dey somehow

I don't see the problem. Sell the plane, comot your money and give them the change. #20.7b

Bullying has started

How many Aircraft worth #33billion...
Bloggers and lie are like 5$6

They shuu commah seize bubu biko

No sense of diplomacy.

i hope they seize nigeria las las, because our debts na die...............

Tanzania should do the same.
What nonsense.

No respect for sovereignty.

imediately after a South African was killed by a Tanzanian..the me t thing is to seize their aircraft... South Africa is a nonsense place......

Balance them 20.7billion

If we did further now . We will find out the farm is in ruins now

If Air Nigeria ever floats........ This would be its faith.......

Because a Tanzanian man killed a taxi driver today?
XhosaNostra Lionessza6 is this how you people are?

sylve11:
i hope they seize nigeria las las, because our debts na die...............

I feel so sad for you, honestly