Bloomberg reports that MTN workers are set to go on strike after a breakdown in wage talks between the cellphone company and the Communication Workers Union (CWU).  

The union sent MTN an intention to strike notice and 120 protesters gathered outside the company’s Johannesburg offices, MTN spokesperson Jacqui O’Sullivan said in an e-mailed response to questions on Friday.  The dispute concerned the extent of salary increases from 1 April this year, she indicated.  MTN’s operations were "largely unaffected", O’Sullivan stated.  The CWU’s move came in the same week as MTN was forced to shut down offices in Nigeria over violent protests by labour groups.

• This short report by Loni Prinsloo is at BusinessLive

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