About 1 000 workers at the construction site of South Africa’s Eskom Medupi power plant have been fired for vandalising property during this week’s one-day strike, the power utility’s spokesperson said on Friday.

About 21 000 contract workers went on a one-day strike on Wednesday over poor living conditions and seeking higher pay.

“Some of the workers have received text messages for them not to come today, they have been fired,” Khulu Phasiwe told Reuters, adding that they were not Eskom’s employees but belonged to firms contracted to build the plant.

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