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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