Thousands of workers at South Africa’s Kumba Iron Ore mine on Monday embarked on a strike for better wages after pay rise talks collapsed.
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/ 27 September 2010
Kumba Iron Ore said on Monday it was willing to hold fresh talks with the National Union of Mineworkers, which plans to a strike next week.
A farmers’ group on Wednesday warned of an exodus of foreign investors from the country’s agriculture sector over land-reform policies.
Unions representing thousands of workers at power utility Eskom said on Friday they were not planning an imminent strike over wages.
Eskom and unions have failed to reach an agreement on a wage dispute that could cut power during the World Cup, officials said on Friday.
Africa’s first high speed urban train started operating in Johannesburg on Tuesday, just in time to help World Cup fans bypass traffic congestion.