Vodacom faces first strike

Vodacom workers - members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) - will embark on the company's first strike in history from March 12, the union said on Thursday.
The strike will be in the form of rolling mass action.

Spokesperson Mfanafuthi Sithebe said the industrial action followed an unresolved dispute on the recognition of CWU by Vodacom.

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Strike while president parties

Zimbabwe's 180 000 civil servants look set to go on strike this week after they turned down a more than 250% pay rise offered by president Robert Mugabe's government, reports said on Sunday.

Civil servants, represented by the Apex Council had given the government until Friday to meet their demands for a minimum wage of Zim$450 000.

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