Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union

South African miners feared for their lives while underground as hostages

Oct 25, 2023 11,030

Workers at a South African mine have resurfaced after being held underground for three days in what police are calling a hostage situation. Hostage-takers armed with weapons like clubs and mining tools had held more than 500 miners at the…
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International

One dead as gold mine strike in SA turns violent

Nov 23, 2018 19,389

South Africa’s largest gold producer, Sibanye-Stillwater, on Thursday said one of its employees was shot dead in a violent strike that shuttered all three of its mines.
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