A wave of industrial unrest has his South Africa, highlighted by striking gold miners and involving airline staff, shop assistants and municipal workers angry that the economic benefits of apartheid's demise have been slow to filter down. A certain number of strikes is common at this time of year, when unions are locked in negotiations with employers. But this year's action is the most widespread since the country's first all-race elections in 1994 ushered in a period of relative labor harmony.
See "South Africa Rocked by Wave of Unrest", Associated Press, The New York Times, August 10, 2005