Rubbish piling up is an uncomfortable metaphor for SA

Filth pervades the streets of Johannesburg as striking rubbish removal workers flex their bargaining muscle and prove a point that all work, no matter how lowly skilled it might be, is important in a society. Members of the South African Municipal Workers Union are turning the city into a garbage tip as their unprotected strike enters its third week amid demands for higher pay and the removal of a Pikitup boss.