JOHANNESBURG Oct 5 (Reuters) – A branch leader of South
Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was shot dead on
Friday near a mine run by platinum producer Lonmin as
labour unrest sweeps the mining sector.
NUM spokesman Lesiba Seshoka told Reuters the union leader
had been killed “execution style” in the evening hours but gave
no further details.
Earlier on Friday Anglo American Platinum (Amplats)
fired 12,000 wildcat strikers, a high-stakes attempt by the
world’s biggest platinum producer to push back at the illegal
stoppages in Africa’s biggest economy.
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