South Africa: Safety Conditions at South African Mines Have Room for Improvement, Says UN Expert

24 August 2012

Although the Government of South Africa has taken important steps to address working conditions in the country's mines, there is still significant room for improvement, a United Nations expert said today, following one of the worst incidents of strike-related violence in the country since the end of apartheid.

On 16 August, miners striking at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa's North West province were fired upon by police during a protest for higher wages and better working conditions.

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