>SAfrican politician calls for national mine strike
DRIEFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — In a speech punctuated by the cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national...
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REPRESENTATIVES of 12,000 fired Anglo American Platinum workers in South Africa have said they plan to lay murder charges against police after a colleague was killed in clashes with the authorities....
View ArticleLonmin workers vow to stay on hill
Striking miners vowed on Tuesday to stay at the top of a hill in Wonderkop, near Lonmin's Marikana mine, until their pay was pushed up to R12,500 a month. They claimed they were being paid R4000 per...
View ArticleLonmin strikers march as South Africa mine unrest spreads
MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) - Around 10,000 striking South African platinum miners marched from one Lonmin mine shaft to another on Monday, threatening to kill strike breakers, as another illegal...
View ArticleStriking South African miners find strength in numbers
AP file photo Children walk among miners shacks in the Wonderkop settlement next to the Lonmin Platinum Mine near Rustenburg, South Africa....
View ArticleLonmin tragedy lays bare violent inter-union rivalry in SA
Both NUM and Amcu have denied being behind the deadly protests at Lonimn mines. (Paul Botes, M&G) Our Coverage More Coverage The deadly industrial protests last week at a platinum mine in South...
View ArticleAnother body found at Lonmin
A tenth body has been discovered at Lonmin's troubled Marikana mine in the North West, police said on Tuesday. “We were notified of a body found in the bushes. The total figure now stands at 10. We...
View ArticleMiners plan ‘peaceful march’
Marikana - Striking South African miners have called for a “peaceful march” on a police station on Sunday after authorities launched a major crackdown in the country's restive platinum belt. Police on...
View ArticleMarikana is the latest chapter in a long saga
Lonmin is able to give its chief executive an annual pay package equivalent to what the average rock-drill operator would take home after 400 years on the job. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G) Special Focus...
View ArticleSouth Africa union marches with weapons and witchcraft
Protesters sing as they hold weapons outside a South African mine in Rustenburg, 100km northwest of Johannesburg. Photo by Reuters. Its leaders call themselves devout Christians and say life is...
View ArticleRPT-Militant S. Africa union marches with Bible, witchcraft
* AMCU is at the heart of debate on violent labour relations * Breakaway union takes aim at "elitist" ANC-allied NUM * AMCU leaders profess religion, reject violence charges By Ed Stoddard and...
View ArticleAmplats to resume operations as police get tough on miners
Police arrest a miner in Marikana, seizing traditional weapons after hundreds of workers regrouped near the site where police shot dead 34 people last month. (AFP) Special Focus Marikana: Platinum...
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CARLETONVILLE, South Africa -- Carrying a piece of paper threatening him with eviction from a workers' hostel, Robert Asanda pointed to thousands of fellow striking miners who had gathered atop a hill...
View Article>Striking SAfrican miners find strength in numbers
CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (AP) — Carrying a piece of paper threatening him with eviction from a workers' hostel, Robert Asanda pointed to thousands of fellow striking miners who had gathered atop a...
View ArticleViolence escalates at Lonmin's Marikana mine
A 10th body has been discovered at Lonmin's troubled Marikana mine in the North West. (Gallo) More Coverage "We were notified of a body found in the bushes. The total figure now stands at 10. We don't...
View ArticleMarikana: Miners plan 'peaceful' march
A file photograph from Marikana: Police on Saturday fired rubber bullets at protesters and seized weapons from hostels at platinum giant Lonmin. Our Coverage More Coverage Police on Saturday fired...
View ArticleMarikana: How the wage war was won
Lonmin miners return to work at the platinum mine after agreeing to pay increases. (Denis Farrell, AP) Special Focus Marikana: Platinum mines in chaos View Report Our Coverage More Coverage The odds...
View ArticleDeep Read: In the eye of the Lonmin storm
Striking Lonmin mineworkers at the Marikana protest. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G) Special Focus Lonmin: Platinum mines in chaos View Report Lonmin shootings: liveblog Our Coverage More Coverage Heading...
View ArticleDeep Read: Go tell it on the mountain
Nkanini could've easily served as the location for the film District 9, without so much as building a new set. (Oupa Nkosi, M&G) Special Focus Lonmin: Platinum mines in chaos View Report Our...
View ArticleSouth African firebrand politician calls for national mine strike
SHARE AND DISCUSS Tweet DRIEFONTEIN (South Africa): In a speech punctuated by the cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called...
View ArticleMarikana: Truth, memory and reportage
Panic and confusion: Police officers firing at striking miners outside Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine left many wounded and dead in their wake. (Reuters) Special Focus 2012: It's a wrap View Report...
View ArticleSAfrican politician calls for national mine strike - Wire World News - The...
DRIEFONTEIN, South Africa -- In a speech punctuated by the cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national...
View ArticleThe curious case of Enoch Mgijima
Israelites participate in a service at the Church of God and Saints of Christ near Queenstown. (Delwyn Verasamy, M&G) Special Focus God Edition: Afterlife View Report 'No, no, no. You don't get it,...
View ArticleWitnessing a South African healer at work
She lets out a piercing cry, her body starts shaking violently, her hands are clapping to the rhythm of large African drums - she is calling out to her ancestors. Thabiso Siswana is a traditional...
View ArticleMarikana mine massacre casts long shadow
South Africa changed irrevocably when apartheid was abolished and the African National Congress came to power. But in an emotional return to the country of his youth, the British MP and former...
View ArticlePolitician calls for total South Africa mine strike
DRIEFONTEIN, South Africa - IN a speech punctuated by cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called yesterday for a national strike...
View ArticleSouth Africa Mine Protests Spread
By DEVON MAYLIE MARIKANA, South Africa—Workers clamored for higher wages Wednesday at two more platinum companies in South Africa's mining heartland, less than a week after police shot and killed 34...
View ArticleAmplats to resume work as South Africa police get tough
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Anglo American Platinum (AMSJ.J) said it will resume work on Tuesday at its strike-hit Rustenburg operations, just days after South Africa's government launched a crackdown to...
View ArticleYou're the real 'boer' around here, Malema tells Ramaphosa
Economic Freedom Fighters' leader Julius Malema made said in apublished on Politicsweb this week that ANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa's warning of a return of the "boers" into power as a...
View ArticleSAfrican politician calls for national mine strike
DRIEFONTEIN, South Africa In a speech punctuated by the cheers of thousands of miners and the blowing of whistles and vuvuzelas, firebrand politician Julius Malema called Tuesday for a national strike...
View ArticleStriking SAfrican miners find strength in numbers
CARLETONVILLE, South Africa Carrying a piece of paper threatening him with eviction from a workers' hostel, Robert Asanda pointed to thousands of fellow striking miners who had gathered atop a hill in...
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