South Africa: Amplats Workers Down Tools Amid Job-Cut Plans in S.africa

Johannesburg — Workers at top global platinum miner Anglo American Platinum on Tuesday night refused to go underground after their employer warned it would axe 14,000 jobs in a major restructuring of its operations.

"We decided to stop the operations starting from tonight," said one workers' representative who led mass strikes last year, Gaddhafi Mdoda, adding that strikers would try to meet the company's management on Wednesday.

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