South Africa is currently facing a multi-sector strike action which could damage the country’s economy.

South Africa this week has had to deal with strike action at the state-owned carrier, South African Airways (SAA), and the construction sectors.

However, it is facing threats of strike action in the gold and clothing manufacturing sectors.

At least 600 SAA technical workers launched a strike action on Monday this week. The strike is still on-going.

At least 90,000 employees in the construction industry went on a strike action this week following a deadlock in wage discussions. The strike action continues.

Last week, Andre Kriel, the secretary of the South African Clothing & Textile Workers Union (Sactwu), said about 86 percent of the workers in this sector backed the wage strike action. A decision on strike action could be taken this week.

Frans Baleni, the secretary general of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), on Tuesday said the strike action in the gold mining sector would be the last resort.

However, on Saturday, NUM gave gold mining companies a seven-day proviso to make sure that its demand for pay hikes of up to 60 percent is met or face rolling mass strike action.

Economists have cautioned that the mass rolling action against employers could possibly damage South Africa’s economy and the country’s image to international investors.