Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Slow Disintegration Of South Africa

Some 6,000 striking municipal workers march to the Civic Centre in the center of Cape Town. President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday urged police to arrest any protesters who use violence, as fresh clashes erupted in the latest anti-poverty demonstrations rattling South Africa. (AFP/Rodger Bosch)

South Africa's Zuma Faces Wide Unrest -- Wall Street Journal

Thousands of Workers, Who Helped Put the Leader in Office, Go on Strike in the Capital to Demand Better Pay, Opportunities.

Jacob Zuma, just short of three months into his presidency, faces resistance from a major constituency that helped to bring him to power, underscoring the challenges he faces amid South Africa's first postapartheid recession.

Tens of thousands of municipal workers struck for a second day this week, disrupting services in Johannesburg, South Africa's commercial hub. That strike follows one by chemical workers and a weeklong one earlier in the month by construction workers building projects for next year's World Cup.

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My Comment: Years of ANC rule .... and the situation is just getting worse and worse.Am I the only one who sees the trend?

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