FSRN South African Police Kill Striking Miners
Channel: Reddebrek
Date: 2012-08-23

Miners in South Africa have largely defied a deadline issued by their employer to return to work today. More than 70 percent of the workers at the Marikana Platinum mine stayed off the job, and officials with the mining company, Lonmin, said that the mine was unable to restart full production. The stalemate continues after a controversial week in which police opened fire on a group of workers, killing 34. FSRN's Davison Mudzingwa reports.


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