Rustenburg, South Africa News

According to Nomura International, platinum companies in South Africa, are at risk of losing thousands of jobs as more mines operate at a loss.

SOUTH African police fired rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades in clashes with Anglo American Platinum miners, as a deadline passed for 12,000 sacked workers to reclaim their jobs.

Up to 4,000 mineworkers staged a sit-in strike at an Anglo American Platinum mine in South Africa's restive platinum belt Friday over the suspension of four leaders, a union representative told AFP.

O f the five countries that make up the supposedly free-trade area of Sacu the Southern African Customs Union, comprising South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho the only one of these that another could export poultry to, in theory, is South Africa.

In May, security officials confronted 500 protesters at a chromium mine in Rustenburg, South Africa.

We have to be wary of complicating an already very complicated situation by taking actions like sending in the army to the platinum belt.

The LANXESS sponsored Personal Hygiene and Sanitation Education project reached out to the Sondela community in Rustenburg by conducting a mobilization campaign recently.

Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union , gestures as he addresses members of the mining community during a strike at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg, May 15, 2013.

South Africa faced "challenges of crisis proportions", Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus said on Thursday.

South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers allowed a powerful rival to emerge and end its dominance by arrogantly disregarding a small group of defectors 15 years ago, said James Motlatsi, the NUM's first president.

Workers downed tools in an illegal strike on Tuesday at one of Impala Platinum's South African mines, a spokesman for the company said, the latest wildcat action to hit the country.

Members of the mining community march during a strike at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg, 100 km northwest of Johannesburg, May 15, 2013.

Lonmin's shares rose Friday following reports it was in discussions with Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union to conclude a new union recognition agreement.

The National Union of Mineworkers plans to intensify its recruitment drive at Lonmin before it vacates its offices at the mine's property.

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Thousands of Lonmin Plc workers sat in the sun and listened to Joseph Mathunjwa, leader of the most popular union in South Africa's platinum-mining belt, tell them he wasn't afraid to die in the fight for their rights.

Those undermining the collective bargaining process in the mining industry should be dealt a "cruel blow", Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu said on Wednesday.

Members of the mining community march during a strike at Lonmin's Marikana platinum mine in Rustenburg, 100 km northwest of Johannesburg, May 15, 2013.

Striking workers at a South African chrome mine owned by German chemicals group Lanxess returned to work on Monday, ending a week-long illegal walkout.

Striking South African workers at a chrome mine owned by German chemicals group Lanxess have signed a deal to end a week-long illegal walkout, after winning a one-off payment from the latest company to give in to militant labour pressure.