South African union presses for wider transport strike

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African rail freight operator Transnet is bracing for a one-day strike by port and rail workers in support of a walkout by 20,000 truckers that has hit fuel supplies round the economic hub of Johannesburg and at least one car plant.

Large parts of South Africa's gold and platinum mining sectors have been brought to a standstill in the last two months by a wave of wildcat labour unrest in which almost 50 people have been killed -- 34 of them by police.