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South African wage strikes threaten to spread
By Agencies Job Market Trend Report
South Africa
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Strike
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labour union
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President Jacob Zuma
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Volkswagen
Africa’s largest economy is facing a wave of wage-increase demands and strikes by increasingly militant workers in the motor-industry, auto-manufacturing, construction and aviation industries, renewing a challenge to South African President Jacob Zuma after violent mines strikes last year dented growth and led to sovereign credit downgrades
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South Africa’s jobless rate hits 25.6pc in 2Q
By Agencies Job Market Trend Report
South Africa Economy
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South Africa Jobless
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South Africa Unemployment
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President Jacob Zuma
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African National Congress
Unemployment totals 4.723 million in the second quarter of 2013, for a jobless rate of 25.6pc – the highest since South African statistics agency started the survey in 2008
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