Members of South Africa's biggest union National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) gather as they take part in a strike in Johannesburg, March 19, 2014. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa's labour minister will meet with striking metalworkers and industry employers on Friday in an attempt to end a labour dispute, a spokesman for the minister said.
"We want the strike to end and are quite hopeful that an agreement can be reached soon," Mokgadi Pela told Reuters.