JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest union said on Monday it was breaking its alliance with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and launching a socialist party, in a major blow to a coalition that has governed since apartheid ended in 1994.
"We decided to break with the alliance and we resolved to form a United Front and explore the possibility for socialism in South Africa," the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) said in a statement.
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