Police have clashed with municipal workers in South Africa who went on strike to demand salary increases and improved living conditions in the country's townships. In Balfour township, located in Mpumalanga province, police fired tear gas canisters and rubber bullets at angry crowds who barricaded roads with burning tyres and threw bottles and stones on Monday. In Polokwane, in northeastern Limpopo province, a number of strikers were injured after police tried to disperse them by firing rubber bullets. The strike was organised by the South African Municipal Workers Union and Independent...
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