South Africa: Hundreds of thousands strike

Sowetan: Cosatu rules the day

Hundreds of thousands of workers yesterday supported trade union giant CosatuĂ­s one-day general strike in protest against job losses.

Huge marches brought the central business districts of Johannesburg and Durban to a standstill as police sealed roads and businesses closed shop.

The strike also crippled some gold mines and shut numerous schools, but other sectors of the economy were largely unaffected.

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