JOHANNESBURG, Sept 14 (Reuters) – South African police fired
tear gas on Friday to disperse striking miners outside an
Aquarius Platinum mine near Rustenburg,
north-west of Johannesburg, local station Talk Radio 702 said.
The move came two hours after Justice Minister Jeff Radebe
announced a crackdown on “illegal gatherings” and the carrying
of weapons to deal with five weeks of industrial action that has
swept through South Africa’s platinum sector.
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