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2018-06-30 Africa Subsaharan

Swazi police fire stun grenades at anti-government protesters

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Posted by Fred 2018-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
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#1 They're lucky there was no mine nearby, they could have all been shot and killed. NO disrupting our (game farms, gold, diamonds, coal, and precious minerals) gov't income streams please.

Marikana Mine:
On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of striking mineworkers at Marikana, in the North West Province. The police killed 34 mineworkers, and left 78 seriously injured. Following the open fire assault - 250 of the miners were arrested.

This event culminated after an intense week-long protest in which the miners were demanding a wage increase at the Lonmin platinum mine in a wildcat strike. A wildcat strike, or 'unofficial industrial action', is strike action undertaken by unionised workers without the union-leadership's authorisation, support, or approval. On 9 August about three thousand miners went on strike to demand a living wage. On 10 August, a large group of the striking miners approached the National Union for Miners (NUM) local office in order to demand support from their union, and were instead met with the firing of live ammunition, fatally wounding two miners.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-06-30 09:06|| 2018-06-30 09:06|| Front Page Top

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