The biggest strike wave since the end of apartheid is causing a crisis in South African politics – and shaking a government that refuses to increase pay for millions of public sector workers.
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South Africa police fire on strikers
From Al-Jazeera:
Police fired stun grenades at striking workers, injuring at least one person, as South African civil servants launched a national strike demanding a pay rise from the government.
The powerful Cosatu labor federation, which had called on 700,000 public workers to strike on Friday, said the early turnout was a success.