{"id":15177,"date":"2012-10-03T05:26:43","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T03:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/update-1-amplats-says-security-worsens-at-its-s-africa-mines\/"},"modified":"2012-10-03T05:26:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T03:26:43","slug":"update-1-amplats-says-security-worsens-at-its-s-africa-mines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-amplats-says-security-worsens-at-its-s-africa-mines\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Amplats says security worsens at its S.Africa mines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* World&#8217;s top platinum producer hit by strikes<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Gold Fields miners rally in pay protest<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Strikes reach diamond sector<\/p>\n<p> (Recasts with Amplats statements, adds details)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Ed Stoddard<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>CARLTONVILLE, South Africa, Oct 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Anglo American<br \/>\nPlatinum warned on Tuesday that security had worsened<br \/>\nat its strike-hit South African mines as several thousand gold<br \/>\nminers rallied over pay in the dispute-plagued industry.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As many as 75,000 miners, or 15 percent of the South African<br \/>\nmining sector&#8217;s total workforce, are on wildcat strikes,<br \/>\nthreatening already shaky growth of Africa&#8217;s biggest economy.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ruling African National Congress and President Jacob<br \/>\nZuma have drawn criticism for their handling of the mines<br \/>\nunrest, with political opponents and analysts saying they have<br \/>\nnot responded quickly enough to address workers&#8217; grievances.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The security situation in the Rustenburg area worsened<br \/>\nduring yesterday evening,&#8221; Anglo American Platinum said in a<br \/>\nstatement, referring to its mines in the country&#8217;s &#8220;platinum<br \/>\nbelt&#8221; about 120 km (75 miles) northwest of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amplats, the world&#8217;s top platinum producer, said it had<br \/>\nadvised workers not to come to work on Tuesday, but expected to<br \/>\nresume operations on Wednesday.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* World&#8217;s top platinum producer hit by strikes * Gold Fields miners rally in pay protest * Strikes reach diamond sector (Recasts with Amplats statements, adds details) By Ed Stoddard CARLTONVILLE, South Africa, Oct 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Anglo American Platinum warned on Tuesday that security had worsened at its strike-hit South African mines as several [&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-15177","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\/15177","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=15177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15177\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}