南非集结军队对抗罢工工人
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South Africa's army has been called in to protect hospitals from striking public sector1 workers.

南非政府调集军队以保护医院免受国营部门工人罢工的破坏。

More than a million civil servants(公务员) began an indefinite strike on Wednesday, calling for higher wages.

Earlier, police fired rubber bullets and water cannon2(防暴水枪) at crowds of strikers protesting outside a Soweto hospital.

Military doctors, nurses and soldiers have been deployed3 to three out of South Africa's nine provinces.

More unions joined in on the second day of industrial action.

Gauteng province's health minister said they were investigating whether the deaths overnight of five people in a hospital east of Johannesburg were linked to staff shortages because of the strike.

Unions affiliated4(隶属) with Cosatu, South Africa's main union federation5, have been holding out for(坚持而不肯妥协) an 8.6% pay rise.

But South Africa's government says it can barely afford the 7% offer it has put on the table for the police, teachers, doctors and nurses.

President Jacob Zuma has condemned6 the union's threat of violence against non-striking workers and said the government reserved the right to fire the strikers.

"If you declare a strike in that manner and you can't sit for a year without the kids going to school," he is quoted by the South African Broadcasting Corporation as saying.

"If the time goes, it means the government will have to take other actions."

Helicopter hovering7

"The [SA National Defence Force] has been instructed to render support to any government department that may require assistance during the public service strike," South Africa Press Association quoted defence ministry8 spokesman Ndivhuwo Wa Ha Mabaya as saying.

The BBC's Jonah Fisher in Johannesburg says the conditions at South Africa's hospitals have been causing the most concern to the authorities.

Many health workers who are not taking part in the strike have found themselves targeted by union members, he says.

Access to hospitals has been blocked - and on several occasions those on strike have gone into wards9 and dragged nurses away from their patients, our correspondent says.

Military armoured vehicles have been now deployed inside some hospital premises10.

When rowdy strikers in Soweto stopped patients from entering the hospital grounds on Thursday morning, the police - forbidden by law from joining the strike - moved in.

Police spokeswoman Captain Nondumiso Mpantsha said the protesters were also trying to force their way in to picket11 inside the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.

"Police had to use minimum force and fire rubber bullets to disperse12 the crowd... there is a heavy police presence at the scene," she told the BBC

Johannesburg's Eyewitness13 news website reported that a police helicopter was flying over the city's main Helen Joseph Hospital.

There have also been reports of intimidation14(恐吓,威胁) at schools and teachers have threatened to disrupt classes at private schools.

But police stopped protesters planning to block one of the busiest motorways15 in Johannesburg on Thursday.



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1 sector yjczYn     
n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
参考例句:
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
2 cannon 3T8yc     
n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮
参考例句:
  • The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
  • The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。
3 deployed 4ceaf19fb3d0a70e329fcd3777bb05ea     
(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用
参考例句:
  • Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
  • The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。
4 affiliated 78057fb733c9c93ffbdc5f0ed15ef458     
adj. 附属的, 有关连的
参考例句:
  • The hospital is affiliated with the local university. 这家医院附属于当地大学。
  • All affiliated members can vote. 所有隶属成员都有投票权。
5 federation htCzMS     
n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
参考例句:
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
6 condemned condemned     
adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
  • The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。
7 hovering 99fdb695db3c202536060470c79b067f     
鸟( hover的现在分词 ); 靠近(某事物); (人)徘徊; 犹豫
参考例句:
  • The helicopter was hovering about 100 metres above the pad. 直升机在离发射台一百米的上空盘旋。
  • I'm hovering between the concert and the play tonight. 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。
8 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
9 wards 90fafe3a7d04ee1c17239fa2d768f8fc     
区( ward的名词复数 ); 病房; 受监护的未成年者; 被人照顾或控制的状态
参考例句:
  • This hospital has 20 medical [surgical] wards. 这所医院有 20 个内科[外科]病房。
  • It was a big constituency divided into three wards. 这是一个大选区,下设三个分区。
10 premises 6l1zWN     
n.建筑物,房屋
参考例句:
  • According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定,场内不准饮酒。
  • All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行,不用送到外面去做。
11 picket B2kzl     
n.纠察队;警戒哨;v.设置纠察线;布置警卫
参考例句:
  • They marched to the factory and formed a picket.他们向工厂前进,并组成了纠察队。
  • Some of the union members did not want to picket.工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。
12 disperse ulxzL     
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散
参考例句:
  • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
  • The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。
13 eyewitness VlVxj     
n.目击者,见证人
参考例句:
  • The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
  • He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。
14 intimidation Yq2zKi     
n.恐吓,威胁
参考例句:
  • The Opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.反对党声称投票者受到军方的恐吓。
  • The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.恶帮用恐吓的手段使得证人不敢说话。
15 motorways cea752293681ec68d7eacd0affb0b963     
n.高速公路( motorway的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Most of Britain's motorways radiated from London. 英国的大多数公路从伦敦向四方延伸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Cuba is well served by motorways. 古巴的高速公路四通八达。 来自辞典例句
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