South African State Workers Continue Strike While Weighing New Wage Offer
Two of South Africa’s biggest public-sector unions rejected a government wage offer while other labor leaders continued talks to decide whether to end a 15-day strike that has closed schools and disrupted hospitals and courts.
South Africa state workers reject new pay offer
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s public sector unions rejected a new pay offer from the government on Wednesday to end a three-week strike but asked for more time to consult their 1.3 million members in Africa’s biggest economy.
South Africa: Sympathy Strike Is Suspended as Talks Continue
Negotiations were continuing on the government’s offer to give more than a million public employees pay raises of 7.5 percent, double the inflation rate.
South Africa’s Zuma Halts Iraq Oil Trading Probe into ANC-Linked Company
South African President Jacob Zuma said there are no legal means to prosecute traders for paying bribes to win Iraqi oil contracts under the United Nations’ oil- for-food program that operated before 2003.
South Africa: Car Workers Strike As Public Sector Votes On Govt Offer
South Africa’s spring of industrial discontent threatens to linger on with the country’s 70,000 car workers coming out on strike Wednesday.
South Africa rejects Oz-style mining tax
South Africa’s mines minister has ruled out the introduction of a new mining tax in that nation, saying the Australian plan was bound to cause trouble.
South Africa to Test Market Demand for High-Speed Rail Link From October
South Africa will start testing demand for a high-speed railway link between Johannesburg and the eastern port city of Durban from October, the Department of Transport said in a statement distributed in Johannesburg today.
South Africa make one change for Australia clash
South Africa has made one change to the Springbok starting team to play Australia here on Saturday with coach Peter de Villiers hoping for a second win over the Wallabies.
South Africa Says Some Nations Eased Trade Controls After Disease Outbreak
South Africa, the world’s second- largest exporter of wool used to make clothes, said three of seven countries eased trade restrictions on animal and related exports from the nation where more than 8,500 animals have been killed by Rift Valley Fever.
South Africa: Talks to End Strike Remain Deadlocked
South Africa’s civil servants remain in internal talks about whether to accept a renewed government wage offer that would end 15 days of all-out strike.
