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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

Lonmin says S.Africa seeks “peace accord” in labour dispute

YoopyaAug 25, 2012August 25, 20120

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African government is working with Lonmin to reach a “peace accord” between warring factions after violence stemming from a union

South Africa remembers dead at Lonmin’s Marikana mine

YoopyaAug 23, 20120

Events are taking place across South Africa to remember the 44 people killed in recent violence at the north-western Marikana platinum mine. A hymn-filled memorial

South Africa mine: Lonmin drops threat to fire workers

YoopyaAug 21, 20120

Mining giant Lonmin has dropped its threat to fire workers who failed to return to work at a South African mine after deadly clashes last