SA gold miners demand a 60% wage rise

Name: SA gold miners demand a 60% wage rise
Uploaded: 2013-09-03T08:09:47.000Z
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Description: South Africa's biggest trade union is calling for a wage rise of up to 60% for the country's but mine bosses are offering a maximum of 6.5%.

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Around 80,000 gold miners across South Africa are due to go on strike.

The biggest trade union is calling for a wage rise of up to 60% but mine bosses are offering a maximum of 6.5%.

A strike could cost Africa's biggest economy $35m a day in lost output.

Lerato Mbele reports from Johannesburg.

Africa

3 September 2013