JOHANNESBURG, Aug 16 – Unions representing more than 1 million South Africa state workers said on Tuesday they had reached a wage increase deal with the government to avert a mass strike that could have slowed Africa’s largest economy.
But while the mid-year negotiating session known locally as “strike season” is winding down, striking municipal workers set fire to rubbish heaps on the streets of Cape Town and looted road-side stands.
And in a separate dispute, trade union Solidarity said its members and workers from other unions would strike against fixed-line operator Telkom after they rejected its latest wage offer in talks with a mediator.
Source: Reuters Africa newsletter
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