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Fearing strike, world’s top platinum miner –Anglo American– shuts down South Africa work
The world’s top platinum producer Anglo American shut down its main South African operations Wednesday as fears rose that widening strikes are spiralling into an industry revolt. The latest unrest broke out on roads leading to Anglo American which halted work at its Rustenburg mines in the same region as…
Poachers killed 100 rhinoceros in South Africa in slaughter surge
Poachers have killed 100 rhinoceros in South Africa in less than two months, a surge in killings that took the tally for the year to 381, authorities said Wednesday. More than half of the animals were killed in the world-famous Kruger National Park with the rate of the slaughter likely…
15,000 miners take part in new S. African mine strike
Around 15,000 workers have downed tools in South Africa at a Gold Fields mine west of Johannesburg, just under a week after a strike ended at another part of the same mine, the company said Monday. “Employees of the west section of the KDC Gold Mine … on the West…
Nelson Mandela ‘happier’ out of the spotlight in childhood home
South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is “happier” since he returned to a quiet life in his rural childhood village, the CEO of his children’s hospital project said Friday. “He’s happier where he is now in Qunu. It’s quiet. No one’s bothering him every five minutes to sign something,” said…
South Africa to start releasing arrested miners
A South African court was due to start releasing 270 miners Monday who were arrested after police gunned down 34 of their colleagues, following a decision by prosecutors to withdraw murder charges against them. Prosecutors provisionally dropped the charges Sunday amid a public furor after officers opened fire on strikers…
Rescuers save penguins caught in oil from leaking Turkish tanker
JOHANNESBURG — Fuel leaking from a Turkish freighter wreck that has been smashed up by a storm has contaminated at least five penguins on South Africa’s Robben Island, emergency services said Sunday. One penguin from the island had been rescued for treatment and cleaning and a team would also capture…
Turkish bulk carrier spilling oil on South African beaches
Oil from a Turkish bulk carrier that ran aground three years ago off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa’s prime tourist city, was spilling onto two beaches, officials said. Investigations on Saturday showed the vessel had disintegrated into three pieces, Cape Town city disaster management spokesman Wilfred Solomons-Johannes said.…
Inequality could cause South Africa revolution: deputy president
CAPE TOWN — South Africa’s Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe on Wednesday issued a warning about the yawning gap between rich and poor, after a deadly mine strike highlighted inequality. The country’s “conspicuous consumption… in the midst of grinding poverty” was likely to ignite strong feelings against the wealthy, he told…
Farmworker who killed white supremacist in South Africa given life sentence
A black farmworker was jailed for life Wednesday for killing South African white supremacist Eugene Terre’Blanche, two years after the murder sparked fears of violence that never materialised. Chris Mahlangu was convicted of bludgeoning Terre’Blanche to death in April 2010 on the rightwing extremist’s rural farm, where he had long faded from…
Official: South African police did ‘all in their power to avert’ mine killing of 34
South Africa’s police minister on Tuesday said his officers who shot dead 34 striking mineworkers last week had done everything in their power to prevent the slaughter. “The events of Thursday, August 16, 2012, were not a sudden eruption but a culmination of events that were building over months and months,” Nathi Mthethwa told…
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