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THOUSANDS walked out across South Africa yesterday in a general strike against job losses and corruption, including at the highest levels of government.
The strike, called by union federation Cosatu four weeks earlier, drew large crowds in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Limpopo province’s capital Polokwane.
Cosatu said that “this strike is about sending a message to both government and the private sector that, as workers and citizens, we are tired of corruption.”
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