ArcelorMittal and the story of SA’s deindustrialisation

South Africa’s largest steel maker has warned that without urgent government protection, it will be a matter of time before local production is no longer viable. (David Harrison/M&G)

The steelmaker’s privatisation was the death knell for the country’s manufacturing industry

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