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Wednesday, 31 October 2012 10:30
JOHANNESBURG - South African police fired rubber bullets and teargas on yesterday at striking Amplats miners who were protesting against a union-brokered deal to end a six-week wildcat walkout at the top platinum producer. As they moved into a shanty town...Read More
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Friday, 26 October 2012 14:18
JOHANNESBURG - South African unions and gold-mining companies have agreed a deal aimed at settling a bitter long-running dispute. The National Union of Mineworkers and two other unions signed the pay deal with industry body the Chamber of Mines, but few...Read More
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Sunday, 02 September 2012 12:37
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's president has refused to intervene in the case of striking miners charged with the murder of 34 others shot dead by police last month. Lawyers for the 270 accused had written to Jacob Zuma demanding that the...Read More
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Friday, 31 August 2012 09:33
JOHANNESBURG - South African authorities have charged 270 miners with murder in the killings of 34 fellow workers, even though police are believed to have fired the fatal shots. The workers were arrested after the deadly clash with police and were...Read More
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Sunday, 19 August 2012 15:10
JOHANNESBURG - Some miners vowed that they will fight until death, as police announced a casualty toll from the previous day’s shooting by officers of striking miners: 34 dead and 78 wounded. Wives of miners at the Lonmin Marikana platinum mine,...Read More
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