Cape Town strike protest turns into riot
CAPE TOWN, South Africa: A strike rally by 5,000 security guards in Cape Town, South Africa, turned violent Wednesday, with 39 people arrested, including two national union leaders.
Despite pleas from leaders of the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union, or Satawu, the mob broke through barricades and began smashing shop windows, looting, trashing more than 100 cars and overturning street-vendors' stalls, the Cape Times reported.
Police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades and at least two officers were injured when the mob threw stones at them.
The union is demanding an 11 percent pay increase after other unions agreed to an increase of 8.3 percent, the BBC said.
In eastern South Africa, The Herald reported from Port Elizabeth that 1.8 million workers affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions planned to strike on Thursday. The walkout will involve municipal workers, school staff and nurses, the newspaper said.
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