South Africa in last-ditch move to save state airline

South Africa’s government will cede control of the national airline to a restructuring specialist in a last-ditch attempt to save the cash-strapped business from collapse.

As part of a rescue plan started yesterday, the government will hand the running of South African Airways (SAA) to an as-yet-unidentified specialist to make the sort of painful cuts that would be difficult for politicians to push through.