[miningmx.com] – UP to 32,000 jobs could be shed in South Africa’s mining sector owing to the slump in the commodities and metals markets, said Reuters citing the comments of mines minister, Mosebenzi Zwane.
“The figures were at 23,000, they are currently at 32,000 but not everybody has lost jobs as it had been indicated,” said Mosebenzi.
“We have plans that we put together with the stakeholders to mitigate the effect of job losses,” he said at a press conference in Pretoria.
“Those plans will include, among others, re-skilling of workers … transferring workers from this mine that has a problem to other mines just to mention but a few,” he said.
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