'A third force in national strikes'

27 July 2009 - 02:00
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HIGHER Education Minister and SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande has condemned the spate of strikes around the country and last week's looting of shops in Durban, blaming it on a "third force".

HIGHER Education Minister and SACP general secretary Blade Nzimande has condemned the spate of strikes around the country and last week's looting of shops in Durban, blaming it on a "third force".

"We acknowledge there are problems and we admit that we need to avoid a situation in which people lose trust in government, but I think there is a third force involved," he told the SACP's north central district in Inanda yesterday. - Canaan Mdletshe