[miningmx.com] – SOUTH African president, Jacob Zuma, warned unions and the mines management that actions that disrupted the mining economy would not be tolerated, said BDLive.
Zuma picked out the mining sector in his State of the Nation address, saying that the government had intervened in labour strife in the sector because it was key to the South African economy.
“We have intervened in mining because it is one of our key job drivers. We need a mining sector that works,” said Zuma.
“Mining employs over half-a-million people. It is the biggest earner of foreign exchange in our country. It also contributes about R20bn directly to the tax revenue,” he added.
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