Fuel strike hits S Africa drivers

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Many petrol stations in South Africa have run out of fuel after six days of industrial action by petroleum workers.

The strike has triggered panic buying and queues. Johannesburg is among the hardest hit cities.

The workers union is demanding a 9.5% wage increase, but employers are offering a maximum of eight. The two sides have resumed negotiations.

A union leader, Pascal Dyani, told Reuters news agency he believed a deal could be reached.

Mr Dyani leads the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers' Union, which went on strike Monday.

A taxi driver in Johannesburg told Reuters: "We used to say that it is in Zimbabwe they don't have petrol, now it is happening here."