Bus Accident in Zimbabwe Kills Over 30; Strike Ends in South Africa
Bus Accident in Zimbabwe Kills Over 30
A tragic bus crash in Zimbabwe Sunday has left at least 33 people dead and many people hurt. The vehicle hit an oncoming truck on one of the country’s most dangerous roads, The Harare to Masvingo, and overturned three times. The wife of the country’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Susan, was killed in a car accident on that same road earlier this year. With the nation’s high economic woes and past political instability, the maintenance on the roads has not been kept up. The accident occurred about 55 miles south of the country’s capital city, Harare.
Strike Ends in South Africa
The week-long strike by South Africa’s municipal workers has come to an end, reports the BBC. Protesters wanted a pay raise, and a deal was recently reached to give them at 13 percent pay increase. “It’s over … we signed an agreement this [Friday] afternoon. Our workers will return to their posts on Monday,” Mathandeki Nhlapo, a South African Municipal Workers’ Union official told the South African Press Association. About 150,000 people participated in the strike that effectively shut down the country’s services: buses didn’t run, trash wasn’t collected and local police officers did not work, the BBC reports. The raise is a little less than what they wanted, but is keeping with the pace of inflation. The country’s economic woes has made it difficult for new President Jacob Zuma to step up spending; in recent weeks residents of the nation’s townships have hit the streets protesting because the government isn’t covering their basic needs: electricity, water and housing.
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