Government workers striking in South AfricaJohannesburg, South Africa (CNN) August 18, 2010
Public sector workers embarked on a countrywide strike in South Africa on Wednesday.
Nomusa Cembi, of South African Democratic Teachers Union --- an affiliate of Congress of South African Trade Unions --- said hospital workers, education employees and civil servants demand better compensation and benefits from their government.
"We are trying to bring them to their knees." Cembi told CNN by phone from Johannesburg, referring to the South African government. "We took a decision yesterday that we would go on strike indefinitely until our employer gives us a better offer."
