In South Africa, tens of thousands of union workers and supporters filled streets across the country yesterday amid a continuing strike for better wages.

Thulas Nxesi of the South African Democratic Teachers Union: “Well, the anger, the frustration and the militancy which we saw today is demonstrating that the workers in their thousands, they are ready to fight for what they are looking for. We are definitely satisfied with the turnout. The turnout on its own says a lot, and it speaks for itself.”