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Communications workers on strike

    JOHANNESBURG

    More than 10,000 South African telecommunications and postal workers have gone on strike to demand higher pay, media reports said on Monday.

    According to news reports, the strike began after the Communications Workers' Union, (CWU) failed to reach an agreement in wage talks with the partly-privatised group, Telkom and the Post Office. The union is demanding a 14 percent increase against the 8 percent currently on offer.

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