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.

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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