Unions representing more than one million South African state workers said Tuesday that they had reached a wage increase deal with the government, averting a strike that could have slowed Africa’s largest economy. But as midyear negotiations, known locally as strike season, were winding down, striking municipal workers in Cape Town set fire to trash heaps on the streets and looted roadside stands. Work stoppages in the mining and fuel sectors have caused more than $200 million in lost output.
Source: New York Times
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