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S.Africa police fire tear gas at strikers near massacre site

YoopyaSep 15, 20120

By Joshua Nhlapo and Olivia Kumwenda MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – South African police on Saturday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse miners

South Africa vows clampdown on mining unrest

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

South Africa’s government has announced a raft of measures to clamp down on continuing unrest in the mining sector. It warned it would crack down

Striking South African miners reject Lonmin pay offer

YoopyaSep 14, 20120

(Reuters) – Wildcat strikers at Lonmin’s (LONJ.J) Marikana mine rejected a pay offer on Friday, dashing any hope of ending five weeks of industrial action

ANC rebel calls for national mine strike in S.Africa

YoopyaSep 11, 20120

By Alvin Andrews CARLETONVILLE, South Africa (Reuters) – ANC renegade Julius Malema called on Tuesday for a national strike in South Africa’s mining sector, stirring

Lonmin strikers march as S.Africa mine unrest spreads

YoopyaSep 10, 20120

By Ed Cropley MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – Around 10,000 striking South African platinum miners marched from one Lonmin mine shaft to another on Monday,

S.African police shot fleeing miners, witness says

YoopyaSep 8, 20120

By Peroshni Govender and Tiisetso Motsoeneng MARIKANA, South Africa (Reuters) – A survivor of last month’s police killing of 34 strikers at a South African

Militant South Africa union snubs Lonmin “peace deal”

YoopyaSep 6, 2012May 16, 20240

(Reuters) – South Africa’s militant AMCU union refused to sign a “peace deal” with platinum company Lonmin on Thursday, undermining government-backed efforts to open pay

Marikana strike: South Africa to release unrest miners

YoopyaSep 3, 20120

South African courts are to begin releasing 270 striking miners charged with murder after 34 of their colleagues were shot dead by police. Earlier, the

South African Marikana miners charged with murder

YoopyaAug 30, 20120

Workers arrested at South Africa’s Marikana mine have been charged in court with the murder of 34 of their colleagues shot by police. The 270

South Africa’s Marikana mine closed by ‘intimidation’

YoopyaAug 27, 20120

Miners are being intimidated into staying away from work at the South African mine where 34 people were recently shot dead by police, the owners