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Added on the 01/06/2020 08:21:44 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A nationwide strike by South Africa's largest labour unions unite over suffocating inflation, electricity blackouts and the rising cost of living across the country. The working class unites, blocking roads and demanding action by the government. IMAGES
Police guard a closed-off street in Johannesburg after a man was shot dead when security forces moved to disperse students protesting over South Africa's tuition aid scheme. Clashes erupted when police used rubber bullets to disperse a group of students who were blocking roads with rubble and disrupting traffic in downtown Johannesburg around the University of the Witwatersrand. IMAGES
South African health workers protest in Pretoria against low salaries and a lack of adequate PPE. Although South Africa has seen a drop in confirmed Covid-19 cases and fatalities recently, it has the fifth most infections in the world. IMAGES
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says that the South African nationals stuck in Wuhan are "fine" and are expected to be flown back home "before the weekend is over." SOUNDBITE
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