Striking South African workers have forced mines and factories to shut by staging a massive protest over rising power, food and fuel prices.
Key sectors of the continent's biggest economy were brought to a standstill. Thousands of workers assembled outside city hall in the capital Pretoria while a sea of supporters gathered in Cape Town, which hosts the parliament. Police, some on horseback, tried to keep order, in scenes replicated across the country.
Sonia Legg reports.
