South Africa makes last-ditch move to save state airline

CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The South African government will cede control of its flagship 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 on Thursday, 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.SAA has been granted a 4 billion rand (£211.98..