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CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The worst strike in 18 years to hit South Africa's key gold industry is part of a wave of industrial unrest involving airline staff, shop assistants and municipal workers angry that the economic benefits of apartheid's demise have been slow to filter down.
Union leaders say there is rising ire at the growing gap between top management with their seven-figure salaries and workers earning around 30,000 rands ($4,700) a year.
"In terms of pay differentials, South Africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world," said Patrick Craven, spokesman for the Congress of South African Trade Unions.
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