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Miners gesture as they pray during the one-year anniversary commemorations to mark the killings of 34 striking platinum miners shot dead by police outside the Lonmin’s Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg, 62 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Johannesburg, in this August 16, 2013, file photo. (Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko)


South African labour unrest spreads

South African labour unrest spreads

by | Aug 22, 2013 | World

Johannesburg, Reuters—South Africa’s labor unrest widened on Thursday as tens of thousands of construction workers prepared to down tools next week and unions in the gold sector also signaled their intention to call a strike over wages. The escalating industrial...