{"id":14630,"date":"2012-09-14T16:28:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T14:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/update-4-striking-south-african-miners-reject-lonmin-pay-offer\/"},"modified":"2012-09-14T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T14:28:09","slug":"update-4-striking-south-african-miners-reject-lonmin-pay-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-4-striking-south-african-miners-reject-lonmin-pay-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 4-Striking South African miners reject Lonmin pay offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Marikana miners dismiss Lonmin offer<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Govt says to crack down on illegal gatherings, weapons<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Few details of how to ensure security<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Rand, bonds starting to feel ripples<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Mish Molakeng<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>MARIKANA, South Africa, Sept 14 (Reuters) &#8211; Wildcat strikers<br \/>\nat Lonmin&#8217;s Marikana mine rejected a pay offer on<br \/>\nFriday, dimming prospects of ending five weeks of industrial<br \/>\naction that has swept through South Africa&#8217;s platinum sector and<br \/>\nlaid bare the power struggle in the ruling ANC.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Workers camped on a rocky outcrop at the mine, where police<br \/>\nshot dead 34 protesters last month, dismissed the offer as way<br \/>\nbelow the 12,500 rand ($1,500) a month demanded by members of<br \/>\nthe militant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union<br \/>\n(AMCU).<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are not interested,&#8221; striker representative Molifi Phele<br \/>\nsaid as hundreds of stick-waving demonstrators chanted and<br \/>\ndanced around him on the sun-bleached grass in the heart of the<br \/>\n&#8216;platinum belt&#8217;, 100km (60 miles) northwest of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What he is offering cannot buy you anything. All we want is<br \/>\n12,500.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Marikana miners dismiss Lonmin offer * Govt says to crack down on illegal gatherings, weapons * Few details of how to ensure security * Rand, bonds starting to feel ripples By Mish Molakeng MARIKANA, South Africa, Sept 14 (Reuters) &#8211; Wildcat strikers at Lonmin&#8217;s Marikana mine rejected a pay offer on Friday, dimming prospects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-14630","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}