The fourth in a series of five reports by Darren Taylor on fringe political parties gearing up for the May 7 South African elections.
Workers and Socialists Campaign for Minimum Wage
![Striking workers surround Liv Shange, a leader of South Africa's Workers and Socialist Party at a protest near Johannesburg. (Courtesy WASP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/126CB436-6B44-4176-A8AA-9A2C47F258EA_cx4_cy4_cw89_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Striking workers surround Liv Shange, a leader of South Africa's Workers and Socialist Party at a protest near Johannesburg. (Courtesy WASP)
![The Workers and Socialist Party formed after the 2012 shooting of 34 striking miners at the so-called ‘Marikana Massacre’ at the Lonmin mine north of Johannesburg. (Courtesy WASP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/B1AB02F9-D49F-43C6-8041-00F9D2FC2C7B_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Workers and Socialist Party formed after the 2012 shooting of 34 striking miners at the so-called ‘Marikana Massacre’ at the Lonmin mine north of Johannesburg. (Courtesy WASP)
![The political mission of WASP is human rights and a bigger slice of the economy for workers in South Africa. (Courtesy WASP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/17C5735D-D751-4313-851A-84EFE16D20A9_cx4_cy4_cw89_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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The political mission of WASP is human rights and a bigger slice of the economy for workers in South Africa. (Courtesy WASP)
![One of WASP’s key demands is that the minimum wage in South Africa be raised to at least 12,500 rand. (Courtesy WASP)](https://gdb.voanews.com/44805F02-8FDF-4BAA-9705-5B2383DA6901_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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One of WASP’s key demands is that the minimum wage in South Africa be raised to at least 12,500 rand. (Courtesy WASP)