BLESBOK, South Africa, Sept 13 (Reuters) – A leader of major
protest by platinum miners in South Africa called on Thursday
for a national strike in the sector “to bring the mining
companies to their knees”.
“On Sunday, we are starting with a general strike here in
Rustenburg,” protest leader Mametlwe Sebei told a crowd of
several thousand striking workers at a soccer stadium near
Rustenburg in the heart of the platinum belt.
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