{"id":8161,"date":"2012-02-21T02:18:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T00:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/second-miner-killed-in-s-africa-platinum-strike\/"},"modified":"2012-02-21T02:18:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T00:18:28","slug":"second-miner-killed-in-s-africa-platinum-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/second-miner-killed-in-s-africa-platinum-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Second miner killed in S.Africa platinum strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">JOHANNESBURG<\/span> Feb 20 (Reuters) &#8211; A second miner has<br \/>\nbeen killed in clashes between rival unions striking at Impala<br \/>\nPlatinum&#8217;s flagship plant, deepening more than a month<br \/>\nof labour unrest at the world&#8217;s biggest platinum mine, police<br \/>\nsaid on Monday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Regional police spokesman Thulani Ngubane said a riot<br \/>\nstarted on Sunday when 600 men went house-to-house through a<br \/>\ntownship trying to force others to join them in a vandalism<br \/>\nspree at the mine, which accounts for 15 percent of world<br \/>\nplatinum output.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Their intention was to take them to the mineshaft. The<br \/>\npolice struggled to disperse the crowd,&#8221; said Ngubane. The dead<br \/>\nman had been shot, and another was found with a bullet wound in<br \/>\nthe thigh, he added.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tensions at Implats&#8217; Rustenburg operation, 120 km (80 miles)<br \/>\nnorthwest of Johannesburg, have been high since more than 17,000<br \/>\nworkers were sacked following an illegal stay-away by drill<br \/>\noperators on Jan. 12.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Striking miners fought running battles with police last<br \/>\nweek, and a man was stripped naked and beaten to death by a mob<br \/>\nfor trying to report for work.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The industrial action has brought the mine to a standsill<br \/>\nand is costing Impala, the world&#8217;s second-biggest producer of<br \/>\nthe precious metal, about 3,000 ounces a day in lost output.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The violence appears to stem from a dispute between factions<br \/>\nof the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), South Africa&#8217;s<br \/>\nlargest union, and a little-known rival called the Association<br \/>\nof Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).\t<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting By Sherilee Lakmidas; Editing by Ed Cropley)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JOHANNESBURG Feb 20 (Reuters) &#8211; A second miner has been killed in clashes between rival unions striking at Impala Platinum&#8217;s flagship plant, deepening more than a month of labour unrest at the world&#8217;s biggest platinum mine, police said on Monday. 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