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Johannesburg - Cosatu on Monday welcomed President Jacob Zuma's instruction that ministers involved in public sector wage talks return to the negotiating table.
"The federation hopes that an improved offer will now be tabled and that the strike can be settled as quickly as possible, through an agreement that is acceptable to the workers," said Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) spokesperson Patrick Craven.
He said he received a call at 5:30 from Zuma's spokesperson, Zizi Kodwa, that the president had issued an instruction that everyone involved "must return to negotiations immediately".
Craven said Cosatu condemned the personal attacks made against the president by striking workers.
"The federation apologises to him and his family, and all others to whom the insults were directed, for the hurt that these have caused.
"We also condemn, once again, acts of violence or intimidation by anyone on either side, which are alien to our movement.
"Whatever the provocation, we call upon our members to maintain the highest levels of discipline and order and keep the strike peaceful."