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Strikers have new gripe-no sex JOHANNESBURG – South African workers striking over pay and benefits have a new complaint – they no longer have the energy for sex.

Monroe Mkalipi, a regional chairman of the powerful Cosatu federations of trade unions, complained that work conditions are so tough workers can’t perform in the bedroom. “The harshness that we have in all our workplaces is so severe to such a point that when you get home at night it becomes a problem expanding our families,” the Sapa news agency quoted him as saying.Public sector workers are negotiating with the government to increase pay for the first time since 2004.* Dead man rides on tram all night ZAGREB – A Croatian man who boarded a night tram and died in his seat rode through the city for more than six hours before the driver discovered he was dead, a Croatian daily reported Monday.The 61-year old, identified as Tomislav K., boarded a tram shortly before midnight Friday.He soon fell asleep and died as the tram rolled on through the night and most passengers trickled out, the Jutarnji List said.Toward the morning, he remained the only traveler.The driver, separated by a glass partition from the rest of the tram, tried to wake him up at the end of his shift and realised he was dead, the daily said.The police put the death down to natural causes but are still awaiting post-mortem results, it said.Nampa-Reuters”The harshness that we have in all our workplaces is so severe to such a point that when you get home at night it becomes a problem expanding our families,” the Sapa news agency quoted him as saying.Public sector workers are negotiating with the government to increase pay for the first time since 2004.* Dead man rides on tram all night ZAGREB – A Croatian man who boarded a night tram and died in his seat rode through the city for more than six hours before the driver discovered he was dead, a Croatian daily reported Monday.The 61-year old, identified as Tomislav K., boarded a tram shortly before midnight Friday.He soon fell asleep and died as the tram rolled on through the night and most passengers trickled out, the Jutarnji List said.Toward the morning, he remained the only traveler.The driver, separated by a glass partition from the rest of the tram, tried to wake him up at the end of his shift and realised he was dead, the daily said.The police put the death down to natural causes but are still awaiting post-mortem results, it said.Nampa-Reuters