South Africa Mining Unrest Threatens Zuma Second Term

Author:
Haru Mutasa/AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
4 September 2012
Tags:
Mining, Governance, Labour, Arms and Military Affairs

It's an election year for the ruling party, the African National Congress. Zuma wants a second term as party leader.Shadrack Gutto, a political analyst says "there have been a lot of bad decisions in his term... he mustn't take it as a given he will win."This latest unrest started in the platinum sector last month and has now spread to the lucrative gold mines.

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