Monday, July 30, 2007

S.African strike hits Nampak, petrol firms spared

(Reuters) - More than 20,000 workers have gone on strike at South African companies including Nampak , a union said on Monday, adding it had put off a strike in the petroleum sector after receiving a fresh wage offer.

The petrol companies include Sasol, the world's biggest coal-to-fuels maker and petrochemical group which supplies about 40 percent of the oil in Africa's biggest economy, and other petroleum refiners, which presented the new offer on Friday.


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