South African transport unions sign wage deal![]() October 12, 2012 - 14:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Four South African transport unions have signed a wage deal, Talk Radio 702 said on Friday, Oct 12, ending a three-week trucker driver strike that has hit deliveries of fuel, cash and consumer goods in Africa's biggest economy. Unions and employers could not immediately be reached for comment, Reuters reported. On Thursday, the miners rejected a wage offer. Partner news U.S. officials say they want to advance efforts to start talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders. The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament. Partner news |