What did South Africa strike achieve?

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Can the strike in South Africa have a positive outcome or will it damage the country? Thousands of public sector workers joined one of South Africa's biggest ever strikes, with unions warning of a total economic shutdown. Most schools and hospitals had already been closed for 13 days over pay demands. Talks between unions and the government ar e in deadlock and the South African president, Thabo Mbeki, has called for an end to intimidation by some strikers. Do you agree with the strike ? Are the unions' pay demands justified? Will the action damage the country? How can the matter be resolved?