PRETORIA, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands protested in South Africa on Wednesday as workers disrupted gold mining and other major industries in a national strike over price hikes rattling the continent's economic powerhouse.

JOHANNESBURG, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - South African workers blocked roads and disrupted gold mining and other major industries on Wednesday in a nationwide strike over sharp price rises rattling the continent's economic powerhouse.

FRANKFURT, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - Germany's biggest airline Lufthansa struck a pay deal with ground personnel that will end a costly strike in the middle of the peak summer holiday season, the company said.

FRANKFURT, August 1, 2008 (AFP) - German national airline Lufthansa and the Verdi service-sector union reached a deal on a pay rise Friday that will end a five-day strike by maintenance and catering staff, the company said.

The agreement will see 5.1-percent salary increase for ground personnel backdated to July 1 and another 2.3-percent hike from July 2009.

FRANKFURT, July 31, 2008 (AFP) - German national carrier Lufthansa planned to cancel 128 flights Thursday on the fourth day of a strike by maintenance and catering staff demanding a sizeable pay hike, a spokeswoman said.

BERLIN, July 29, 2008 (AFP) - Passengers felt the impact Tuesday as German flag carrier Lufthansa cancelled 70 flights on the second day of an open-ended strike, while Berlin warned of the potential economic blow of the walkout.

BERLIN, July 29, 2008 (AFP) - Lufthansa, the biggest German airline, said Tuesday it had cancelled 70 flights on the second day of an open-ended strike by the Verdi trade union for higher wages.

BERLIN, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Workers at Germany's biggest airline, Lufthansa, on Monday began an indefinite strike at the height of the holiday season to press for higher pay, in the latest walkout to hit Europe's biggest economy.

BERLIN, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Workers at Germany's biggest airline, Lufthansa, walked off the job Monday to press for higher pay in the latest strikes to hit Europe's biggest economy.

Ground personnel and flight crews walked out at midnight (2200 GMT Sunday) after members of the Verdi service sector union voted overwhelmingly last week for a strike.

FRANKFURT, July 28, 2008 (AFP) - Workers at German airline Lufthansa walked out on strike Monday to press for higher pay, but service did not appear to be serious affected in the action's early hours.

'There have been no cancellations and no delays,' an employee at Frankfurt's airport told AFP.