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Ramaphosa hints at labour reforms in wake of strikes

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South Africa should adjust labour laws so union members have to vote before striking, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday, suggesting the government may push ahead with reforms to curb damaging industrial action. The longest and costliest strike in South Africa's history in the platinum sector earlier this year dragged the continent's most advanced economy into contraction and prompted Standard & Poor's to downgrade its sovereign credit rating.
 
 
 
 
 

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