South Africa’s Zuma Asks Mining Companies to Limit Job Cuts
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South Africa President Jacob Zuma asked mining and steel companies to limit job cuts as falling commodity prices put profits at risk.
“We urge business to contain the difficulties as much as possible and not to resort to retrenchments at the first possible opportunity,” Zuma said Sunday in Sasolburg in the Free State province, according to an e-mailed transcript.