Despite numerous attempts at salvation, it does not come as a great shock that AMSA has, once again, threatened closing down its long steel plants in Newcastle and Vanderbijlpark by September 2025.
Since June 2024, in an attempt to save its long steel production line, AMSA has been provided with a R1 billion (IDC) working capital facility, a R380 million (IDC and dtic) shareholders’ loan, another R1.683 billion (IDC) facility and R417 million (UIF TERS) funding, this while benefitting from extensive and ever-increasing import- and safeguard duties.
Clearly, throwing money at the problem never was, and never will be the solution.
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A baby was born in South Africa. The village was very poor, and the makeshift hospital didn\’t have some necessary equipment.. such as scales.
The father however, was desperate to know the newborn baby\’s weight. After quite a bit of asking around, the hospital\’s chairman came up with an idea.
\”Five miles west, there\’s a butcher shop. The owner deals with meat, he should have a rather precise scale. You could just put your baby on the meat scale, and the weight reading you\’ll get should be pretty accurate.\”
And so the father departed westward. After much walking, with his newborn child cardled safely in his arms, he finally arrived at the butcher shop. He explained his dilemma to the shop owner, to witch the latter replied:
\”Don\’t worry, friend. It\’s not even a problem, I\’ll check it for you, free of charge.\” And so he took the child to the back, where the scale was located.
The father heard rumbling noises, and some scraping.. About a minute later the butcher came back.
\”About three pounds boneless\” He said.
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