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S.Africa police fire rubber bullets at striking miners

YoopyaOct 30, 20120

By Sherilee Lakmidas RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – South African police fired rubber bullets and teargas on Tuesday at striking Amplats miners who were protesting against

AngloGold miners at S.African operations resume work

YoopyaOct 27, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – AngloGold Ashanti said on Friday workers at its West Wits operations in South Africa had returned to work, bringing the curtain down on

Bafana Bafana to take on Cape Verde in 2013 Afcon opener

kiemtarOct 25, 2012October 25, 20120

The luck of the draw has pitted African Cup of Nations hosts South Africa against debutants Cape Verde in the tournament’s opening game next year.

S.Africa police shot striking miners in back, lawyers say

YoopyaOct 23, 20120

By Jon Herskovitz RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) – Police in South Africa shot at least a dozen striking miners in the back during the so-called “Marikana

South Africa’s assistant coach dies in car crash

YoopyaOct 19, 20120

Bafana Bafana assistant coach Thomas Madigage has been killed in a car crash in South Africa in the early hours of Friday morning. A South

South Africa Gold Fields workers ‘end strike’

YoopyaOct 19, 20120

Nearly all the 15,000 South African gold miners who faced dismissal for going on an illegal strike have reported for duty, their company says. Gold

About one third of South African truckers end strike

brunoOct 9, 20120

By Agnieszka Flak and Wendell Roelf JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – About a third of striking South African truckers have agreed to return to work on Wednesday,

South Africa wildcat strikes spread to more mines

YoopyaOct 3, 20120

By Ed Stoddard and Agnieszka Flak JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A series of wildcat miners’ strikes in South Africa spread to a new sector, iron ore,

South Africa shootings: Marikana mine inquiry begins

YoopyaOct 1, 20120

A judicial commission of inquiry into the fatal August shootings of 34 striking miners at the Marikana mine has opened. The inquiry was set up

S.Africa ANC rebel Malema charged with money-laundering

YoopyaSep 26, 20120

By Jon Herskovitz POLOKWANE, South Africa (Reuters) – South African ANC renegade Julius Malema was charged with money laundering on Wednesday in a high profile corruption