South Africa Miners Strike
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South African Coal Miners End Strike
South African coal mineworkers today ended a 10-day strike after reaching a pay agreement with employers, their union said, relieving pressure on the country's strained power supply.
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South Africa's Mine Massacre Town Sees Little Change 3 Years On
Almost three years after South African police shot 34 striking miners dead outside platinum producer Lonmin's Marikana mine, little has changed in this hardscrabble town that has become a symbol of post-apartheid hardship and inequities.
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South Africa Government in Final Bid to Help End Platinum Strike
The world's largest platinum producers and striking South African miners were holding last-ditch talks under government mediation Monday in a bid to end a crippling five-month strike.
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Study Claims South Africa Platinum Firms can Afford Strike Demands
Top platinum producers could afford wage hikes demanded by striking miners in South Africa if their shareholders took a cut in dividends, a study said Friday, as the country's longest-ever strike rumbled on.
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South African miner Gold Fields fires 8,500 strikers
South African miner Gold Fields on Tuesday fired 8,500 workers who refused to halt an illegal stoppage at its KDC East mine, a spokesman said.
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Police fire at striking mineworkers in South Africa
Striking miners killed one man by setting him on fire Thursday while another was shot and seriously wounded in rekindled labour unrest in South Africa that saw police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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12,000 sacked as S Africa mine strike turns deadly
The world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, sacked 12,000 striking workers in South Africa on Friday, just hours after a miner was killed in clashes with police.
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South African police kill two more in crackdown on striking miners
South African police have killed two more people in a crackdown on striking miners, labour advocates said on Thursday, with the victims being a ruling party municipal councillor who died of injuries from a rubber bullet and a miner who was run over by an armoured car.
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South Africa Lonmin miners end strike, accept pay raise
After a round of fresh talks yesterday, a negotiator had announced in the afternoon that the workers had settled for a 22 per cent wage rise and a USD 245 one-off bonus from the owners of the world's third largest platinum mine.
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South Africa to withdraw murder charges against miners
South Africa's top prosecutor announced Sunday that she is withdrawing controversial murder charges against 270 miners for the killings of 34 striking co-workers shot dead by police. The National Union of Metal Workers meanwhile demanded the suspension of the officers responsible for the shootings.
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South African Coal Miners End Strike
South African coal mineworkers today ended a 10-day strike after reaching a pay agreement with employers, their union said, relieving pressure on the country's strained power supply.
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South Africa's Mine Massacre Town Sees Little Change 3 Years On
Almost three years after South African police shot 34 striking miners dead outside platinum producer Lonmin's Marikana mine, little has changed in this hardscrabble town that has become a symbol of post-apartheid hardship and inequities.
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South Africa Government in Final Bid to Help End Platinum Strike
The world's largest platinum producers and striking South African miners were holding last-ditch talks under government mediation Monday in a bid to end a crippling five-month strike.
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Study Claims South Africa Platinum Firms can Afford Strike Demands
Top platinum producers could afford wage hikes demanded by striking miners in South Africa if their shareholders took a cut in dividends, a study said Friday, as the country's longest-ever strike rumbled on.
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South African miner Gold Fields fires 8,500 strikers
South African miner Gold Fields on Tuesday fired 8,500 workers who refused to halt an illegal stoppage at its KDC East mine, a spokesman said.
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Police fire at striking mineworkers in South Africa
Striking miners killed one man by setting him on fire Thursday while another was shot and seriously wounded in rekindled labour unrest in South Africa that saw police firing tear gas and rubber bullets.
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12,000 sacked as S Africa mine strike turns deadly
The world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, sacked 12,000 striking workers in South Africa on Friday, just hours after a miner was killed in clashes with police.
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South African police kill two more in crackdown on striking miners
South African police have killed two more people in a crackdown on striking miners, labour advocates said on Thursday, with the victims being a ruling party municipal councillor who died of injuries from a rubber bullet and a miner who was run over by an armoured car.
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South Africa Lonmin miners end strike, accept pay raise
After a round of fresh talks yesterday, a negotiator had announced in the afternoon that the workers had settled for a 22 per cent wage rise and a USD 245 one-off bonus from the owners of the world's third largest platinum mine.
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South Africa to withdraw murder charges against miners
South Africa's top prosecutor announced Sunday that she is withdrawing controversial murder charges against 270 miners for the killings of 34 striking co-workers shot dead by police. The National Union of Metal Workers meanwhile demanded the suspension of the officers responsible for the shootings.
