Exporters look for alternatives as strike fever hits South Africa

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The prospect of major delays reoccurring in South Africa’s ports due to labour unrest appears to be increasingly likely as workers in a range of sectors across the country become ever-more militant.

Guy Lundy, deputy chairman of the Western Cape Investment and Trade Promotion Agency in South Africa, said that extremely violent labour action seen at some of the country’s mines last year could have the effect of inducing other unions to engage in industrial unrest.

“I would lay money on the ...