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October 5, 2012

Police Kill Miner in South Africa Amid Ongoing Labor Strikes 
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Police in South Africa have shot and killed another striking miner
amidst continuing labor unrest. The worker was shot in the stomach with
a rubber bullet and died after police moved to disperse protesters
gathering near a Rustenberg platinum mine. The killing comes less than
two months after police shot dead 34 striking miners at the Marikana
platinum mine in the country’s bloodiest security clash since the end
of Apartheid. The strikes spread outside the mining industry this week
as striking Toyota workers forced a plant in Durban to close for four
days. The Toyota workers were expected to return to work today after
winning a pay raise.

 

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