Africa
Zuma orders talks to end strike as soldiers called in to offer services
GIANLUIGI GUERCIA | AFP Public workers picket a public building entrance during their lunch break on Monday to protest against the government over their claims for higher wages on the 13th day of a general strike in Cape Town, South Africa.
Posted Monday, August 30 2010 at 19:47
In Summary
- President is in bid to avoid a repeat of a crippling four-week strike after apartheid’s end
The unions’ wage demand is more than twice the rate of inflation, which the government says would force cuts in public services that already struggle to meet demand.
Zuma’s administration is looking to avoid a repeat of a crippling four-week strike three years ago which was the longest and most widespread since the end of apartheid in 1994.(AFP)
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