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Riots by township residents in Sasolburg, South Africa that left two people dead ended after the government agreed to resume talks to resolve protesters’ grievances.
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The South African government said it will unilaterally implement a wage rise if striking public sector workers don’t accept the offer.
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South African public-service unions, representing 1.3 million teachers, nurses and other state workers, began an indefinite strike after rejecting what the government said was its final offer of a pay increase.
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South Africa’s government raised its pay offer to 1.3 million state employees in a bid to avoid a strike that threatens to close schools and hospitals.
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South Africa’s government met with union leaders late yesterday to look for solutions to a 10-day strike by state workers that may spread next week to gold and platinum mines.
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South African state workers rejected an increased wage offer and vowed to strike on Aug. 10 unless it was improved.
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South African President Jacob Zuma said mining strikes are having a “significant” impact on an economy already struggling to cope with Europe’s debt crisis.
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South African state workers, including teachers and nurses, began a nationwide strike today after wage talks became deadlocked.
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South African government ministers met with public sector workers’ unions to try to end a wage strike by 210,000 teachers, nurses and other state employees and prevent it from spreading.
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South African police clashed with state workers who protested outside government buildings on the third day of a wage strike that has shut schools and clinics.
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