Johannesburg: Labor leaders in South Africa say a strike by municipal worker is over.
Mthandeki Nhlapo, general secretary of the 150,000-member South African Municipal Workers' Union, said on Friday that garbage collectors, zoo keepers, bus drivers and other city workers would be back on the job on Monday.
The union accepted a 13 per cent wage increase after initially demanding 15 per cent. Nhlapo said the increase and provisions such as improved housing allowances are "a significant victory."
The workers have held marches since going on strike on Monday, at times littering streets, looting shops and threatening non-strikers.
The disruption in city services had led volunteers to pitch in at Johannesburg's zoo, sweeping out enclosures and chopping fruits and vegetables for animals' meals.