SA wine region hit by violence
South Africa's police fire rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse striking workers in the wine-producing Western Cape region
9 January 2013
Last updated at 11:49 GMT
The protesters, who are employed to pick and pack fruit, are demanding a daily wage of about $15 (£9).
South Africa has been hit by a series of wildcat strikes since last year.
Talks between trade union and employer represent to avert a strike on the farms broke down earlier this week.
"We have been met with naked racism and white arrogance," said Nosey Pieterse, the general secretary of the Agricultural Workers Union.
South Africa's labour relations are fraught with racial tension, more than 18 years after white minority rule ended.
Most farm owners are white while their workers are black.
South Africa police fire rubber bullets at farm workers
South Africa's police have
fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse striking farm workers in
the wine-producing Western Cape region.
The workers barricaded roads and threw stones at police in De
Doorns town, a top grape-producing area outside Cape Town, local media
reported.The protesters, who are employed to pick and pack fruit, are demanding a daily wage of about $15 (£9).
South Africa has been hit by a series of wildcat strikes since last year.
Talks between trade union and employer represent to avert a strike on the farms broke down earlier this week.
"We have been met with naked racism and white arrogance," said Nosey Pieterse, the general secretary of the Agricultural Workers Union.
South Africa's labour relations are fraught with racial tension, more than 18 years after white minority rule ended.
Most farm owners are white while their workers are black.
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