South Africa Frees First Batch of Miners

Author:
AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
3 September 2012
Tags:
South Africa, Labour, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Health and Medicine

On Monday, dozens of detained South African miners were freed after murder charges against them were dropped. The men were part of a group of 270 peoplearrested last month when police shot dead 34 striking miners at a platinum mine.

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