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Johannesburg - The SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) has agreed to a wage deal, putting an end to the week-long road freight sector strike, it said on Monday.
"There is nothing that will stop them from going to work tomorrow [Tuesday]," said Satawu spokesman Zenzo Mahlangu.
The union had agreed to the revised offer in principle for its freight worker members on Sunday. The offer included a nine percent increase across the board for 2011 and 8.5 percent for the second year.
Three other unions - the Professional Transport Workers' Union (PTWU), Transport Allied Workers' Union of SA (Tawusa) and the Motor Transport Workers' Union (MTWU) - accepted the pay deal on Friday.
About 65 000 truckers embarked on a go-slow on February 13 and downed tools last Monday.
The strike turned violent during the week with at least 20 trucks damaged, 16 people injured and scores of arrests as non-striking truckers were beaten and their trucks looted and burned.
Two men were also seriously injured when their truck was petrol-bombed in Durban on Thursday.
Satawu vice-president June Dube said in an SABC radio interview on Monday that the union was against any violence during their protests.