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South African coal miners strike as wage talks fail
Published Mon, Oct 5, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Johannesburg
OVER 30,000 workers began an indefinite strike on Sunday after wage negotiations in South Africa's coal industry failed.
"We took the decision to strike because we reached a deadlock," National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu told AFP. "It will continue indefinitely until the two parties can come together and solve their differences."
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