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South Africa: Amplats fires 12,000 miners on wildcat strike

Erin Conway-SmithOctober 5, 2012 11:26Updated October 6, 2012 07:19

Amplats workers gathered Saturday morning at a stadium in Rustenburg to discuss how to respond to the mass dismissal.

Erin Conway-SmithOctober 3, 2012 11:40

Many of the miners are from villages in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, hundreds of miles away.

Erin Conway-SmithSeptember 18, 2012 12:53Updated September 19, 2012 06:05

A total of 45 people were killed in violence during the strike, including 34 in a mass shooting by police that shocked the nation.

Erin Conway-SmithSeptember 11, 2012 18:10

"They have been stealing this gold from you. Now it is your turn," Malema told miners on a wildcat strike at the Gold Fields mine near Carletonville.

Erin Conway-SmithAugust 27, 2012 17:45

Lonmin is responsible for about 12 percent of global platinum output, and South Africa is the world's biggest platinum producer.

Erin Conway-SmithAugust 21, 2012 12:01

Some locals believe that if not for the muti rituals, many more of the striking miners would have been killed.

Erin Conway-SmithAugust 20, 2012 11:00

President Jacob Zuma has declared a week of national morning for those killed at the mine.

Erin Conway-SmithAugust 17, 2012 03:43

The Marikana mine has been the site of a violent turf war between rival unions.

Erin Conway-SmithJune 15, 2012 12:07

The unions are battling for control at the world's biggest platinum mine.

News DeskMay 15, 2012 12:12

Cosatu supporters in red T-shirts, threw rocks and chunks of cement at DA supporters in blue shirts.