The strike over wages at DRDGold’s operations continued on Friday, the National Union of Mineworkers said.

DRDGold said on Thursday it was seeking a court order to declare illegal a strike that has affected two of its mines.

Thousands of South African Revenue Services employees downed tools on Monday demanding better pay, a union said.

Talks are under way between the National Union of Mineworkers and Impala Platinum in a bid to end an eight-day wage strike, the union said on Tuesday.

NUM said a strike at Impala Platinum was likely to spread to the company’s metal refinery and workers were prepared to stay away for weeks or months.

Eighty-eight correctional services officials have been suspended following industrial action, the department said on Friday.

Cape Town commuters tried to force they way into buses after trains ground to a halt in Mitchells Plain on Thursday morning, Western Cape police said.

Strike action is expected to disrupt Metrorail services on Monday, the company said.

Telkom workers have been instructed to go back to work on Monday after the Communication Worker’s Union and Telkom reached an agreement.

Telkom and the Communication Workers’ Union will meet on Thursday night in a bid to end a strike, the union said.

Negotiations between municipal workers and their employers remain deadlocked, unions said on Thursday afternoon.

A strike by tens of thousands of council workers entered its third day on Wednesday, disrupting local services and keeping pressure on Jacob Zuma.

Several protesters were injured by rubber bullets as thousands of municipal workers took to the streets on Monday to demand better pay.

Makro, Game and Dion workers are staging marches in several cities on Friday to protest against working conditions.

SA’s strike-weary public will have to contend with the work stoppage from Monday of at least 150 000 municipal workers seeking better pay.

Massmart Holdings has been served with strike notices for protected protest action on Friday, Saccawu said on Wednesday.