Thousands down tools at SA mine

Johannesburg. Thousands of mine workers have downed tools at South Africa’s Lonmin mine after a union leader was shot dead in the restive platinum belt at the weekend, a company official said.
The Marikana massacre in late 2012 drew comparisons with apartheid era police brutality. Net photo.
The Marikana massacre in late 2012 drew comparisons with apartheid era police brutality. Net photo.
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