Marikana strike: Police gun down striking South African ...
Jun 10, 2013· On August 16, 34 striking miners at Marikana were shot and killed by the police. ... Molefe, Singh slam Eskom's attempts to make them pay back the money South Africa .
Jun 10, 2013· On August 16, 34 striking miners at Marikana were shot and killed by the police. ... Molefe, Singh slam Eskom's attempts to make them pay back the money South Africa .
Introduction: Background to the Strike. The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that had vastly different consequences for the various groups in the four former colonies. The union was a victory for the British – especially for the 'uitlanders' (foreigners) and mining magnates – who wanted to unite the country; but it was a defeat for Afrikaners such as ...
Aug 17, 2012· The police killing of 34 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick of South Africa's psyche on Friday, with searching questions ...
JOHANNESBURG — South African police opened fire Thursday on a crowd of striking miners...
Aug 10, 2005· SOUTH AFRICA On Aug. 7, the union representing 100,000 South African gold miners began a strike that has effectively shut down production in that country. The National Union of Mineworkers was demanding a 7-8% wage increase compared with …
Aug 16, 2012· Striking South African miners face ultimatum from company Lonmin tells workers at platinum mine, where 34 colleagues were shot dead, they have a …
Aug 16, 2012· Police in South Africa open fire on striking miners Police in South Africa have opened fire during clashes with striking workers at the Marikana platinum mine, …
Aug 02, 2019· South Africa's largest gold producer, the company's output in the first quarter of 2019 was about 104,000 oz of gold, or 36% of its production in the same period of 2018, due to the impact of the five-month strike. Going to Ghana. South Africa's gold miners are looking for potential projects that will generate a higher return and quicker ...
Feb 28, 2019· The world's biggest platinum miners won a reprieve after a South African court reserved judgment on whether to block a week-long industry strike that was scheduled to start Thursday night.
Aug 16, 2012· South African police gun down striking miners South Africa witnessed bloodshed reminiscent of the apartheid era on Thursday when police killed as many as 18 miners …
Aug 17, 2012· Striking South African miners face ultimatum from company Lonmin tells workers at platinum mine, where 34 colleagues were shot dead, they have a …
Sep 18, 2012· Striking platinum miners in South Africa have accepted an agreement with Lonmin and plan to return to work on Thursday. Mediator bishop Joe …
Aug 16, 2012· Updated: Aug. 17, 2012 at 7:40 a.m. EST. South African police opened fire on a crowd of striking miners on Thursday, killing 34 people and leaving a field strewn with bodies in a massacre that instantly revived memories of the brutality of apartheid. At a press conference Friday, the South African Police Service claimed its officers had been under attack by a group of miners armed with ...
Aug 02, 2019· South Africa's largest gold producer, the company's output in the first quarter of 2019 was about 104,000 oz of gold, or 36% of its production in the same period of 2018, due to the impact of the five-month strike. Going to Ghana. South Africa's gold miners are looking for potential projects that will generate a higher return and quicker ...
Oct 05, 2012· South African mining giant Anglo-American Platinum said Friday that it fired about 12,000 striking workers who declined to attend disciplinary hearings. World Africa
Aug 21, 2012· Striking workers at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in South Africa, where 34 people were killed by police gunfire, were given "muti," or traditional medicine, for protection.
Police open fire on striking miners in South Africa A number of people were shot and injured in the incident, which occured as striking workers gathered near the Lonmin PLC platinum mine this ...
South African police opened fire on Thursday against thousands of striking miners armed with machetes and sticks at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine, leaving several bloodied corpses lying on the ...
South Africa's 'Marikana Moment' The massacre of striking miners marked a tipping point, with the African National Congress moving closer to becoming just another party in power, rather than ...
Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN)— Murder charges against hundreds of South African miners will be dropped pending further investigation, the country's top prosecutor announced Sunday. The ...
Johannesburg, South Africa - It has been described as the worst act of South African police brutality since the end of apartheid. On the afternoon of August 16, 2012, some 34 striking miners were ...
SOUTH African police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades in clashes with Anglo American Platinum miners, as a deadline passed for 12,000 sacked workers to reclaim their jobs.