* ANC rebel Malema stopped from addressing workers
* Two mines re-open; all Lonmin mines remain closed
* Amplats says Rustenburg ops to resume on Tuesday
* One workers’ head says that will be resisted
By Siphiwe Sibeko
MARIKANA, South Africa, Sept 17 (Reuters) – South African
police stopped ANC renegade Julius Malema from addressing
striking miners on Monday as the government intensified efforts
to contain labour unrest at mines in the world’s top platinum
producer.
The strife has cost the industry 4.5 billion rand ($548
million) in lost output, President Jacob Zuma said, as two mines
reopened but there was still no end in sight to a deadly strike
at world No. 3 platinum producer Lonmin in which 45
people have died.
Strikers also said they would keep shut four mines run by
the world’s top producer, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats)
, which the company aims to reopen on Tuesday.
“There is no need to resort to violence. I believe we must
not encourage that,” Zuma told a conference of the Congress of
South African Trade Unions, a partner with the African National
Congress (ANC) in the governing alliance.
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