In South Africa, the anti-apartheid leader Archbishop Desmond Tutu has leveled some of his strongest criticism to date of the ruling ANC government. In an interview with Financial Times, Tutu says the ANC’s economic policies are widening the gap between rich and poor in South Africa because apartheid’s economic legacy has been kept mostly in place. He said: “I’m really very surprised by the remarkable patience of people. [It’s hard] to explain why they don’t say to hell with Tutu, [Nelson] Mandela and the rest and go on the rampage.” Tutu’s comments follow a nearly month-long strike by South Africa’s public-sector workers. The strike ended Thursday after their unions agreed to a pay raise.

Noluthando Sibiya, president of South Africa’s National Health and Allied Workers Union: “It is winning situation, the fact that also members on the ground have been united irrespective of which union they came from, you know, in their resolve, to ensure that they support the demands that were on the table, so we think that it is a strength, it is also a win for us as unions.”