Strikes Continue at World's Largest Platinum Mine in South Africa
- Author:
- Al Jazeera English
- Publisher:
- Al Jazeera English
- Publication Date:
- 19 September 2012
- Tags:
- South Africa, Governance, Labour, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Mining
A 22 percent pay rise awarded to workers at the Lonmin mine in Marikana has sparked protests elsewhere as they too want a similar increase. Police have used tear gas and rubber bullets on striking miners at the Anglo American Platinum mine to control the demonstrations. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa reports.
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