Biggest South African Union Holds Protest Over Youth Jobs
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South Africa’s largest labor union staged protests in seven cities today over high youth unemployment, seven weeks before the continent’s biggest economy holds elections.
About 5,000 people heeded a call by the National Union of Metalworkers to participate in a rally and march in Johannesburg, according to a police estimate. A demonstration in Cape Town attracted more than 4,000, Vuyo Lufele, regional secretary for the union known as Numsa, said by phone. Numsa represents more than 340,000 workers at companies including Sasol Ltd. and Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.