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One killed as South African police and miners clash
One miner has been killed in clashes between police and striking workers at a South African platinum mine, witnesses said Friday, as President Jacob Zuma appealed for calm. “Yesterday (Thursday) the cops shot many people, but one of them is dead, even the dead body is still there where he…
South African police launch major crackdown on mining unrest
South African police fired rubber bullets at protesters and raided worker hostels at platinum giant Lonmin to seize weapons in a crackdown on unrest in the key mining industry Saturday. The army has been deployed as back-up to the troubled Rustenburg platinum belt where militant protests have forced several mine…
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…
Union says 36 dead in clash at South Africa mine, in deadliest day of protest since Apartheid
Dozens of people were killed after South African police opened fire on hundreds of workers on a wildcat strike at a platinum mine, in the deadliest day of protest since apartheid. Police gave a toll of 30 and rising, while the powerful National Union of Mineworkers said 36 had died…
Two South African police ‘hacked to death’ during clash at platinum mine
South African workers Monday hacked to death two police officers who came to quell deadly clashes between rival unions that claimed eight lives at a platinum mine run by leading producer Lonmin, police said. “Our police officers were responding to a protest at the mine. They came under attack from…
South African police go on trial for killing protestor
JOHANNESBURG — The trial of seven South African police officers charged for a deadly attack on a protestor started Monday with the court shown video footage of his brutal beating. The officers were arrested for attacking unarmed 33-year-old Andreas Tatane with batons during a service delivery protest in Ficksburg on…
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