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/ 30 July 2003

Steel workers poised to strike

Two hundred and thirty thousand members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) are poised to go on strike if the union and the Steel, Engineering Industry Federation of South Africa (Seifsa) don’t reach an agreement on wage increases for this year.

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/ 30 July 2003

Transparency please

One of the more striking findings of a recent Markinor survey on voter attitudes is a marked worsening in perceptions of the government?s record on transparency and accountability. Voter endorsement fell from 52% to 35% between May 2000 and March this year.