The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has called off a strike set for Thursday at Silulumanzi, a water services company in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, after agreeing to a 6.5% pay increase.

“The increase will be applicable from the end of this month ... it is valid from January 1 to December 31 2025. The strike has officially been averted,” Numsa acting regional secretary Pholo Sebotsa said on Wednesday afternoon..

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