{"id":15551,"date":"2012-10-13T17:55:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T15:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/10\/update-2-s-africa-police-and-protesters-clash-near-mine-shaft\/"},"modified":"2012-10-13T17:55:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T15:55:02","slug":"update-2-s-africa-police-and-protesters-clash-near-mine-shaft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-s-africa-police-and-protesters-clash-near-mine-shaft\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-S.Africa police and protesters clash near mine shaft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* 1,000 protesters march on Amplats shaft<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Strike leaders meeting to discuss strategy<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* NUM marches on Impala Platinum<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Africa&#8217;s biggest economy seared by labour strife<\/p>\n<p> (Recasts, adds details throughout)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By David Dolan<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG, Oct 13 (Reuters) &#8211; South African police fired<br \/>\ntear gas and rubber bullets at protesters hurling petrol bombs<br \/>\nafter a march on an Anglo American Platinum mine turned<br \/>\nviolent overnight, the latest sign of festering labour unrest.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Africa&#8217;s top economy is under increasing pressure to mend<br \/>\nindustrial relations. Almost 100,000 workers, mostly in mining,<br \/>\nhave launched often illegal and violent strikes since August,<br \/>\neroding investor confidence and already shaky growth.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Truck drivers signed a wage deal on Friday ending a<br \/>\nthree-week strike that squeezed deliveries of fuel, cash and<br \/>\nconsumer goods. But that step forward was quickly overshadowed<br \/>\nby a Standard  Poor&#8217;s downgrade of South Africa&#8217;s credit<br \/>\nrating.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>About 1,000 protesters gathered on Friday night in a shanty<br \/>\ntown near Rustenburg 120 km (70 miles) northwest of Johannesburg<br \/>\nand marched toward Amplats&#8217; Khomanani 1 shaft, the South African<br \/>\nPolice Service said in a statement.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* 1,000 protesters march on Amplats shaft * Strike leaders meeting to discuss strategy * NUM marches on Impala Platinum * Africa&#8217;s biggest economy seared by labour strife (Recasts, adds details throughout) By David Dolan JOHANNESBURG, Oct 13 (Reuters) &#8211; South African police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters hurling petrol bombs after [&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-15551","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\/15551","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=15551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}