JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A strike by more than 220,000 engineering workers, hot on the heels of a crippling platinum boycott which ended last week, will likely keep South Africa's economic growth depressed below 2 percent this year.
Members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) are due to down tools on Tuesday after last-gasp wage talks failed to yield a deal.
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