{"id":14435,"date":"2012-09-10T04:06:27","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T02:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/s-african-police-brace-as-lonmin-workers-set-to-return-on-monday\/"},"modified":"2012-09-10T04:06:27","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T02:06:27","slug":"s-african-police-brace-as-lonmin-workers-set-to-return-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/s-african-police-brace-as-lonmin-workers-set-to-return-on-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"S.African police brace as Lonmin workers set to return on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Sherilee Lakmidas<\/span><\/p>\n

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JOHANNESBURG, Sept 9<\/span> (Reuters) – South African police are
\nbraced for possible violence ahead of Monday’s back-to-work
\ndeadline for striking workers at Lonmin’s
\nflagship platinum mine, where 44 people died in labour strife
\nlast month, most of them at the hands of police.<\/p>\n

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Mineworkers have been given until Monday to report for duty
\nafter a month of wildcat industrial action but union officials
\nsuspected that these calls would be ignored, increasing tensions
\nat Lonmin’s mines.<\/p>\n

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“The situation is tense. Anything can happen at any given
\nmoment,” police spokesman Thulani Ngubane said.<\/p>\n

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Scores of police have been camped out near the mine for more
\nthan three weeks since a bloody clash with the striking workers
\non Aug. 16. Ngubane said more could be called in should there be
\nany sign of trouble.<\/p>\n

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Union officials said they had heard reports that the
\nstriking miners, many of whom are unaffiliated with any known
\nunion, planned a march in defiance of a “peace accord” signed by
\nthe mine management and the main National Union of Mineworkers
\n(NUM).<\/p>\n

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The workers have vowed to stay off the job until they get
\nwages of 12,500 rand ($1,500) a month, double what they now
\nearn.<\/p>\n

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“Our hope is that people will respect the peace accord and
\nreturn to work,” said NUM spokesman Lesiba Seshoka. “People have
\nindicated that they wish to return to work but the high level of
\nintimidation has stopped them.”<\/p>\n

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NUM represents the majority of Lonmin’s 28,000 employees but
\nits dominance has been questioned by the militant Association of
\nMineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), which has been blamed
\nfor instigating the strike in its bid for more members.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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