CAPE TOWN, July 28 (Reuters) - South Africa's largestrefinery, jointly operated by Shell and BP, hasnot shut down due to a worker's strike over wages, a spokeswomansaid on Thursday, contradicting an earlier union claim.
"The plant has not stopped production and we have measuresin place to ensure continued safe operation during the nationalCEPPWAWU strike," Cindy Govender said.
A senior union official had said the refinery, situated inthe east coast Durban port and capable of refining 190,000barrels per day of crude oil, had come to a "standstill" on thefirst day of an indefinite wage strike by the Chemical, Energy,Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers union (CEPPWAWU). (Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Editing by James Macharia)