JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Wage talks across South Africa's mining sector starting in May will be among the toughest ever with strikes a certainty given inflation, worker militancy and shrinking company margins.
There is also real risk of a repeat of the labour violence and wildcat action that led to over 50 deaths last year, costing companies and the state billions of dollars in lost revenue.
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