SA strike threatens fuel, retail chains
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Already, the strike has put pressure on imports of fuel and supermarket products in Botswana. Over the weekend, the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) and three other unions downed tools demanding a 20 percent salary increase over the next two years, housing allowances and shorter working hours.
Botswana presently imports nearly all the 850 million litres of fuel it consumes annually from South Africa.
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