Firms Act on Striking Miners in South Africa

Two mining companies - Bokoni Platinum Mines and Gold Fields - have moved to take legal action againt workers who embarked on a wildcat strike amid unrest in the country's mining sector.

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Drilling underground: Operations at the company's mines West Wits, Kopanang in Carletonville, and the Vaal River regions, near Orkney, came to a standstill

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  • eb3p(dango)
    Sep 26 2012, 13:00
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    AFRICA , ESPECIALLY BLACK AFRICA. IS THE ONLY PLACE ON EARTH WHERE , THE GOVERNMENT(THE PEOPLE) MINING AND OIL/GAS LAWS HAVE NOT CHANGE IN 400 YEARS, S AFRICA MUST NATIONAL ITS EARTH MINING ASSETTS, BECAUSE AFRICANS OWN THIS LAND NOT GUEST WHITE CORPORATION, BENT ON STEAL ALL AFRICAS WEALTH ,BY CORRUPTION A FEW LOW MENTALITY LEADERS HERE AND THERE.

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