Dozens killed in South Africa mine shooting. Police chief says 34 dead and 78 injured in crackdown on striking workers at platinum mine in North West province. 17 Aug 2012 12:49 GMT.
This list of mines in South Africa is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
Africa South Africa Mine Shooting Puts Union Politics Center Stage. By Anita Powell. September 07, 2012 01:37 PM Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share via Email. Print this page.
Aug 17, 2012· Police have been accused of a massacre after opening fire on mine workers in one of the deadliest days of protest in South Africa since the end of apartheid.. In .
Jun 25, 2015· A judicial report on dozens of shooting deaths at a South Africa platinum mine spreads plenty of blame for the 2012 massacre.
The Witwatersrand is in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Gauteng Province is the roughly the southern portion of what was previously the Transvaal, formerly an independent state settled by the Boers after the Great Trek. J. H. Davis, an Englishman, was reported to have found gold "in considerable quantities" in July 1852 at Paardekraal near Krugersdorp, which was the earliest discovery on the Rand.
South Africa's gold mines are now so deep they might as well be on another planet. Gaetan Borgonie CBS News Bernard Swanepoel: I'm not sure that we really want to send human beings much deeper. ...
Jun 04, 2019· The mining sector in South Africa registered its third consecutive quarter of negative growth. This is according to Q1 2019 GDP figures released today by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). According to the report, a fall-off in diamond, iron ore and coal production pulled the industry down by 10,8%. This is mining's biggest decline since the ...
South Africa has witnessed a growing wave of armed attacks on local gold mines, Bloomberg reported, citing a recent case that occurred last December. In the incident, 15 thugs armed with AK-47 and R6 assault rifles took hostages and plundered the smelting plant at Gold Fields's South Deep mine, at the country's landmark Witwatersrand basin.
Feb 15, 2018· Cyril Ramaphosa will lead South Africa into the next decade, a formidable challenge for the anti-apartheid activist-turned-businessman. Ramaphosa, 65, is .
Aug 23, 2012· South Africans mourn Marikana mine shooting victims Politicians and religious leaders joined more than a thousand residents at a memorial service at the Marikana platinum mine .
Aug 16, 2013· Year After South African Mine Shooting, Residents See No Change MARIKANA - In South Africa, August 16, 2012, will be remembered as the .
The mine is the latest to be hit by clashes in South Africa, which is still reeling after police gunned down 34 strikers last month in another wildcat stayaway at a platinum mine where clashes had ...
Mine shooting: 'We must learn lessons' Jump to media player Angry relatives of missing mine workers in South Africa complain that the authorities have failed to produce a central register of the ...
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto halted all mining operations at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) after escalating violence in surrounding communities, in which two employees were shot and ...
Gold mines in South Africa South Deep. Located in South Africa's Mpumalanga region, which borders Swaziland and Mozambique, the South Deep gold mine is the largest in the country and the seventh-deepest in the world, extending 2,995 metres below the Earth's surface.
Zuma 'saddened' by mine shooting Jump to media player President Jacob Zuma has spoken of his alarm and deep sadness at the "tragic loss of life" at a platinum mine in the north-west of South Africa.
Aug 17, 2012· South Africa Police Defend Shooting That Killed 34 Miners CBC News, August 17, 2012 South Africa's national police commissioner says 34 miners died and another 78 were wounded when police opened fire on striking miners outside a platinum mine, 90 kilometres northwest of Johannesburg.
South African police shot dead 34 striking workers at platinum mine last week, setting off a wave of protests. In what has been described as "South Africa's first post-apartheid massacre ...
Feb 18, 2013· Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN)-- Nine mine employees were hurt Monday when Anglo American Platinum security guards shot rubber bullets to break up a confrontation between rival union groups at a ...
Apr 16, 2019· Community activists who oppose mining projects in South Africa are often harassed, threatened and sometimes killed, according to a report by .
Aug 17, 2012· The morning after carnage at a platinum mine, South Africans grappled with shock, memories of an ugly era resurrected in their minds.
Aug 17, 2012· South Africa mine Photograph: Graphic The deaths came after a week of turmoil at the Marikana mine that had already seen 10 people killed, including two police officers and .
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