JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse striking workers blocking the entrance to the construction site of Eskom's Medupi power station in northern Limpopo province on Thursday, a police spokeswoman said.
More than 220,000 metal and engineering workers led by South Africa's biggest union, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), went on an open-ended strike on Tuesday to demand higher wages.
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