South Africa: Female Union Leader Shot Dead at Marikana Mine

Publisher:
Agence France-Presse
Publication Date:
12 August 2013
Tags:
South Africa, Labour, Mining, Conflict, Peace and Security

A South African local union leader was gunned down at Lonmin's Marikana mine Monday, police said, almost a year after officers shot dead 34 strikers on the restive platinum belt.

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