February 11, 2012
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Jacob Zuma steps in to end strikes
31 August 2010 / AP, JOHANNESBURG
South Africa’s president has called on negotiators to resume talks aimed at ending a nationwide civil servants’ strike for higher wages.
The country’s largest trade union federation said Monday in a statement it hoped the strike can be settled quickly and welcomed the talks. The sometimes violent strike is in its second week and has shut down public hospitals, left final-year students wondering when they will graduate and delayed court cases nationwide. The union federation called for an end to violence. It also apologized Monday to President Jacob Zuma and other officials at whom protesting workers have hurled insults. The government has offered a 7 percent wage increase and 700 rand ($96) for housing. The workers want 8.6 percent a 1,000 rand ($137) housing allowance.
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