21.   Union spokeswoman Nowethu Mpati on Friday urged employees engaged in essential or maintenance services to report for duty Monday.

22.   Union officials have since vowed to change the voting process but have no intention of resigning, said union spokeswoman Jan Rabbers.

23.   Warning strikes were planned for Monday and Tuesday, union spokeswoman Ute Neumann said.

24.   A SUD union spokeswoman said the government should simply write off the debt, rather than maintaining it separately.