South Africa's Zuma says government "will never" sell national carrier

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South African counterpart Jacob Zuma gestures as he departs at the airport after an Africa Union-sponsored dialogue in an attempt to end months of violence in Burundi's capital Bujumbura, February 27, 2016. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana

KEMPTON PARK, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa's government will never sell the national airline, South African Airways,President Jacob Zuma said on Friday. SAA has received a number of government bailouts worth billions of rand and is in the middle of a turnaround strategy. "Government is very clear, we will never sell this company, no matter what other people say," Zuma said at SAA's offices in Kempton Park, near Johannesburg. (Reporting by Nqobile Dludla; Editing by James Macharia)